Lux Domini
And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

What does Mark 3:34 mean?

It is a great comfort to all true Christians, that they are dearer to Christ than mother, brother, or sister as such, merely as relations in the flesh would have been, even had they been holy.

Key themes

FaithSuffering and trialsTruthDiscipleship

Read with

Keep this verse inside Mark 3:31-35 and alongside a few nearby related passages.