Luke 8:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.””
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“But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he answering said unto them, `My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 8:21 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Matthew 25:45Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
- Matthew 28:10“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
- Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- John 6:28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
- John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- 2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Hebrews 2:11For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
- James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
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