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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Luke 8:20

He was told, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Family;   Hearing;   Obedience;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mary;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Flesh;   Marriage;   Mary, the Virgin;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Brothers;   Evangelism;   James;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Desire;   Family (Jesus);   James ;   Luke;   Metaphors;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”
King James Version (1611)
And it was told him by certaine which saide, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
King James Version
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
English Standard Version
And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you."
New American Standard Bible
And it was reported to Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You."
New Century Version
Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."
Amplified Bible
And He was told, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, asking to see You."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And it was reported to Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You."
Legacy Standard Bible
And it was reported to Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You."
Contemporary English Version
Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you."
Complete Jewish Bible
It was reported to him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and want to see you."
Darby Translation
And it was told him [saying], Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They want to see you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was tolde him by certaine which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, and would see thee.
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to him, Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and they want to see you.
Good News Translation
Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you."
Lexham English Bible
And it was reported to him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to see you."
Literal Translation
And it was told to Him, saying Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside wishing to see You.
American Standard Version
And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
Bible in Basic English
And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.
Hebrew Names Version
It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."
International Standard Version
He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and want to see you."
Etheridge Translation
And they said to him, Thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, desiring to see thee.
Murdock Translation
And they say to him: Thy mother and thy brothers stand without, and wish to see thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it was tolde hym [by certayne] which sayde: Thy mother and thy brethren stande without, & woulde see thee.
English Revised Version
And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
World English Bible
It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And it was told him by some who said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
Weymouth's New Testament
But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was teeld to hym, Thi modir and thi britheren stonden with outforth, willynge to se thee.
Update Bible Version
And it was told him, Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it was told to him [by certain], who said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
New English Translation
So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."
New King James Version
And it was told Him by some, who said, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You."
New Living Translation
Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and they want to see you."
New Life Bible
Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside. They want to see You."
New Revised Standard
And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was reported to him - Thy mother and thy brethren, are standing outside, desiring, to see, thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
Revised Standard Version
And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they tolde him sayinge: Thy mother and thy brethren stonde with out and wolde se the.
Young's Literal Translation
and it was told him, saying, `Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it was tolde him. Thy mother and thy brethren stonde without, and wolde se the.
Mace New Testament (1729)
so some of the company said to him, your mother and brethren are waiting without, desiring to see you.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Someone hollered to him and said, "Your mom and brothers are outside and want to talk to you!"

Contextual Overview

4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: 5"A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings. 8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop-a hundredfold." As Jesus said this, He called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." 9Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant. 10He replied, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, 'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.' 11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy brethren: Matthew 13:55, Matthew 13:56, Mark 6:3, John 7:3-6, Acts 1:14, 1 Corinthians 9:5, Galatians 1:19

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Genesis 7:2
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And He sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
Genesis 8:8
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,
Genesis 8:16
"Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.
Genesis 8:17
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you-birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground-so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it."
Genesis 13:4
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was told him by certain, which said,.... The phrase, "which said", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, and in Beza's most ancient copy. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions only read, "and they said unto him"; and the Persic version renders it, "a certain person said"; some one person, as in Matthew 12:47

thy mother, and thy brethren, stand without, desiring to see thee; and to speak with thee, as in Matthew 12:47.

Matthew 12:47- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 12:46-50.


 
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