While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.”
But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 12:46-50
Many claim this scripture proves that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was nobody special. For Jesus did not say to the multitudes, “Oh, wait, I need to speak with Mom, and then I’ll be right back!” How unseemly that would have been!
And yet, when Jesus stretched out His hand toward his disciples, we rightly imagine that Mary was included in that gesture, for she was certainly devout, and had “treasured up these things in her heart” for years and years.
