For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
From this it is manifest that His brethren and His mother were not always with Him; but because He was beloved by them, they come from reverence and affection, waiting without. Wherefore it goes on, “And the multitude sat about Him”.
Vict. Ant.e Cat. in Marc.: But another Evangelist says, that His brethren did not believe on Him. With which this agrees, which says, that they sought Him, waiting without, and with this meaning the Lord does not mention them asrelations.Wherefore it follows, “And He answered them, saying, Who is My mother or My brethren? "But He does not here mention His mother and His brethren altogether with reproof, but to show that a man must honour his own soul above all earthly kindred; wherefore this is fitly said to those who called Him to speak with His mother and relations, as if it were a more useful task than the teaching of salvation.
