²¹ When his family^(A) heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”^(B)

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³¹ His^(A) mother^(B) and his brothers^(C) came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. ³² A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers,^(D) and your sisters^[a] are outside asking for you.”

³³ He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” ³⁴ Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!^{(E) 35} Whoever does the will of God^(F) is my brother and sister and mother.”

³ Isn’t this the carpenter,^(A) the son of Mary,^(B) and the brother of James,^(C) Joses, Judas,^(D) and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended^(E) by him.

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¹⁹ Then his mother and brothers^(A) came to him,^(B) but they could not meet with him because of the crowd.