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Mark 3:33-35
New English Translation
Mark 3:33-35
New English Translation
33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”[a] 34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here[b] are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God is[c] my brother and sister and mother.”
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- Mark 3:33 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.
- Mark 3:34 tn Grk “Behold my mother and my brothers.”
- Mark 3:35 tn The pleonastic pronoun οὗτος (houtos, “this one”) which precedes this verb has not been translated.
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