While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
But he answered and said unto him that told him, ‹Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?›
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, ‹Behold my mother and my brethren!›
‹For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.›
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, ‹Behold, a sower went forth to sow;›
‹And when he sowed, some› [seeds] ‹fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:›
‹Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:›
