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Luke 8:21

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And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
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  1. Luke 11:27–28Rank 1 from verse 21
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    27¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

    28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

  2. James 1:22Rank 2 from verse 21
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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

  3. John 13:17Rank 3 from verse 21
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    17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

  4. 1 John 2:29Rank 4 from verse 21
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    29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

  5. 3 John 1:11Rank 5 from verse 21
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    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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Luke 8:21

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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8:19¶ Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

8:20And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

8:21And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

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