GOP Gospel: Family Values I

[tealin]

Day 12 of my Lent project. For background, please read this.

A reading from the Gospel according to the GOP:

While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you." To the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, "What joy there is in my heart that my mother and brothers have come! For truly, family is the most important thing in this life, and I value my mother and my brothers above all others."

Matthew 12:46-50
While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you." But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" And pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and my sister and mother."

Comments

[brainwane]

Ooooh. This is one that I bet would pass unnoticed in more settings than a lot of your other replacements.

[tealin]

It helps, too, that this is a very infrequently quoted passage! (I wonder why ...)