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Matthew 12:48

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

KJV

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν τῷ λέγοντι αὐτῷ· τίς ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ μου, καὶ τίνες εἰσὶν οἱ ἀδελφοί μου;

Greek NT

At ipse respondens dicenti sibi, ait : Quæ est mater mea, et qui sunt fratres mei ?

Vulgate

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

ASV

But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: λέγοντι | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγοντι | RP: εἰπόντι
  • λέγοντι — SBLGNT
  • λέγοντι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰπόντι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Beloved, we need much care, much watchfulness, to be able to look into the depth of the Divine Scriptures. For it is not possible to discover their meaning in a careless way, or while we are asleep, but there needs close search, and there needs earnest prayer, that we may be enabled to see some little way into the secrets of the divine oracles. Today, for instance, here is n…
1. Successes have terrible power to cast down or draw aside those who take not heed. Thus the Jews, who at first enjoyed the influence of God, sought the law of royalty from the Gentiles, and in the wilderness after the manna remembered the onions. In the same way here, refusing the Kingdom of Christ, they invited to themselves that of Cæsar. Wherefore God set a king over…

Cross-references

  • Deut 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, w
  • Deut 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
  • Heb 2:11 — For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • John 19:27 — Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
  • Luke 1:28 — And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
  • Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
  • Mark 3:32 — And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
  • Matt 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Matt 28:10 — Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
  • Ps 22:22 — I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.