Luke 8:21 Meaning and Explanation
“And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.”
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What Does Luke 8:21 Mean?
Jesus answers the message with a word that widens the household: My mother and My brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. The lesson of the sower becomes the definition of His family.
This is no slight to His mother, who heard the word of God at the annunciation and answered, be it unto me according to thy word. She is the very pattern of what He describes. The wonder of the saying is its open door: kinship with Christ is not an accident of birth but a fellowship of hearing and doing, offered to all. Whoever receives the word into honest ground is claimed by Jesus as His own.
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What does Luke 8:21 mean?
Jesus declares that His mother and brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.