Daily Bread for Mark 3
Jesus' Mother and Brothers 31Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you." 33"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked. 34Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 35Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." Observation: Jesus continues to heal and liberate those harassed by demons. Whenever he withdraws, the people find a way to get to him. He is so crowded at one point, he asks the disciples to have a boat ready to push him out, so the people can’t get to him. And even his family starts to think he has gone a little “cuckoo”. The Pharisees can’t explain his success, so they attribute his healing and exorcisms to the powers of demons. Jesus points out that Satan can’t fight against himself that would b...