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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Young's Literal Translation

Luke 8:20

and it was told him, saying, `Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

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."
Berean Standard Bible
He was told, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting 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.
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

4 And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile: 5 `The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it. 6 `And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture. 7 `And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it. 8 `And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear -- let him hear.' 9 And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?' 10 And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. 11 `And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God, 12 and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved. 13 `And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation 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
and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
Genesis 7:2
of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;
Genesis 8:1
And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,
Genesis 8:4
And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
Genesis 8:7
and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
Genesis 8:8
And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
Genesis 8:15
And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, `Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;
Genesis 8:16
every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;
Genesis 8:17
and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'
Genesis 13:4
unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

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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