Mark 3:33-35

3:33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” ¹  3:34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here ²  are my mother and my brothers! 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is ³  my brother and sister and mother.”

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¹ tn Grk “Who is my mother and my brothers?” The use of the singular verb ἐστιν (estin) here singles out Mary above Jesus’ brothers, giving her special prominence (see ExSyn 401-2). This is slightly unnatural in English since the predicate nominative is plural, though, so a plural verb was used in the translation.

² tn Grk “Behold my mother and my brothers.”

³ tn The pleonastic pronoun οὗτος (Jouto", “this one”) which precedes this verb has not been translated.