Standing Outside

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Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”  But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” (Luke 8:19-21)

They couldn’t get to Jesus physically because of the crowd, and some...