Jesus' Family Mark 3:31-34

Jesus' mother and brother came to see him, Jesus was inside a crowded house talking to the people.   When He heard that his mother and brother were outside wanting to talk to Him, his response was that His brother, mother, sister were those who did the will of God.

In Luke's version of the event says that "my mother and my brothers are those that hear God's word and obey it. 

In Mark's version, Jesus was in a house, and not so in Luke's version (at least the house wasn't mentioned).   In Mark's version Jesus' mother and brother came, in Luke's .. his mother and brothers came.   I'm thinking that these could be two different accounts, but hey, I'm not a scholar, I just read the word.

But the message is the same, to be part of the family of God, is to do His will (basically hear God's word and obey it).

This wasn't a put down on his mother and brother that were waiting to talk to Jesus, I think it was more that Jesus was using this opportunity to tell people what they must do to be a part of God's family.

This is what we need to do .. hear God's word and obey it.   A simple thing to read, but hard to practice sometimes isn't it?

Remember the hymn, "Trust and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey"    May we do this today, and everyday.

Blessings.