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Luke
  
19Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd.20And it was told Him by some, who said, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You."21But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."


Jesus lived in fellowship with his disciples, leaving his beloved mother and brothers. And when his enemies cast him away as a deceiver, warned people from following him, and officially rejected his message, his family came to him, and insisted on him to abstain from preaching, in order that he and his family should not be driven out of the nation. But Christ, with the sword of the Spirit, cut the temptation of blood, and called all hearers of the word of the Spirit of God his brothers and his sisters, if they did what they heard from him. With these words, the Savior revealed the mystery of the family of God, for flesh and blood cannot inherit the divine kingdom, except those that are born of the word of their Lord.
Mary heard this decisive word with a wounded heart, but she understood its meaning when she was filled with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. She probably told Luke personally of this event, and Luke on his part reported it to us to us in addition to other reports, which he had learnt from Mary.

Prayer
Our reporting Lord, we thank you for your holy word, our spiritual nourishment. Teach us to read your word constantly and understand it, so that we may long for more hearing, and grow in peace and faith. Release us from the bonds of sin in order that nothing should separate us from your word, which is the power of our life.
Question
How do we become rich in God?