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Mark 3:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Mark 3:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Contrasting Reactions to the Person of Jesus[a]
20 The Concern of Jesus’ Relatives.[b] Jesus then returned home,[c] and once again such a great crowd collected around them that they did not even find it possible to eat.
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- Mark 3:20 In these verses, which are peculiar to Mark’s Gospel, the author highlights contrasting reactions to the person of Jesus. The crowds search him out. His relatives think he is out of his mind and understand nothing about his mission; they want to take him by force and bring him back to his own town.
- Mark 3:20 The foundation of the eschatological community is followed by this passage, which recounts the failure to comprehend even on the part of relatives and above all the hostile refusal of the leaders of Judaism to accept him.
- Mark 3:20 Home: i.e., Matthew’s house (see Mt 2:15).
