Luke 8:20
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New International Version (©2011)
Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they want to see you."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And it was reported to Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He was told, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Jesus was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and want to see you."

NET Bible (©2006)
So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
They said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they desire to see you.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They want to see you."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it was told him by some who said, Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.

American King James Version
And it was told him by certain which said, Your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to see you.

American Standard Version
And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Darby Bible Translation
And it was told him saying, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.

English Revised Version
And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was told to him by certain, who said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Weymouth New Testament
But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."

World English Bible
It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."

Young's Literal Translation
and it was told him, saying, 'Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearers of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was told him by certain, which said,.... The phrase, "which said", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, and in Beza's most ancient copy. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions only read, "and they said unto him"; and the Persic version renders it, "a certain person said"; some one person, as in Matthew 12:47

thy mother, and thy brethren, stand without, desiring to see thee; and to speak with thee, as in Matthew 12:47. See Gill on Matthew 12:47.

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Jesus' Mother and Brothers
19Then came to him his mother and his brothers, and could not come at him for the press. 20And it was told him by certain which said, Your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to see you. 21And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

Luke 8:19 Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd.
Luke 8:21 He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice."