Mark 3:35
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
KJV
ὃς ἂν ποιήσῃ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, οὗτος ἀδελφός μου καὶ ἀδελφὴ καὶ μήτηρ ἐστίν.
Greek NT
Qui enim fecerit voluntatem Dei, hic frater meus, et soror mea, et mater est.
Vulgate
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
ASV
For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἀδελφή
adelphe
noun · 26×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: γὰρ | Treg/NIV/RP: γὰρ
- γὰρ — SBLGNT
- γὰρ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἀδελφὴ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀδελφὴ | RP: + μου
- ἀδελφὴ — SBLGNT
- ἀδελφὴ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage 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
- 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
- 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
- 1John 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
- 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- 1Thess 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
- Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- John 7:17 — If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
- Matt 6:10 — Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 12:50 — For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
- Ps 106:3 — Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.