60. Last Words at Capernaum

        ⁷Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed. It was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, ⁸by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen. ⁹Herod said, “John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?”

        ⁴⁶While Jesus was speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. ⁴⁸But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” ⁴⁹And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.”^{a
        27}As he said this a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!”
        ²⁸But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”^b
        (Lk. 9:7–9; Mt. 12:46, 48–50; Lk. 11:27–28)

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a   “whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.”—Here again is revealed the core of Jesus' personal religion, the doing of the Father's will. All those who do the Father's will are part of Jesus' spiritual family, members of the divine brotherhood of the kingdom of heaven.

b   “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it”—Jesus' teachings are the word of God. Our part is to learn the teachings of Jesus (“hear the word of God”) and then to live the teachings ("keep it").

Lk. 9:7  perplexed. It / perplexed because it (RSV)
Mt. 12:46  While Jesus was speaking to / While he was still speaking to (RSV)   (154:0,6/1717,21–22)

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