Mark 3:32
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
KJV
καὶ ἐκάθητο περὶ αὐτὸν ὄχλος, καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου καὶ αἱ ἀδελφαί σου ἔξω ζητοῦσίν σε.
Greek NT
et sedebat circa eum turba : et dicunt ei : Ecce mater tua et fratres tui foris quærunt te.
Vulgate
And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
ASV
And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- περὶ αὐτὸν ὄχλος — SBLGNT
- περὶ αὐτὸν ὄχλος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὄχλος περὶ αὐτόν — Robinson-Pierpont
- καὶ λέγουσιν — SBLGNT
- καὶ λέγουσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἶπον δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
- σου — SBLGNT
- σου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + καὶ αἱ ἀδελφαί σου — Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§500Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions brothers and sisters of Jesus.157 The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus", are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew significantly calls "the other Mary".158 They a…
Cross-references
- Matt 12:48 — But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?