The Word of God and the Message of Jesus Luke 8:21
Three Evangelists preserve the story about Jesus' mother and brothers seeking him from outside where he was teaching (Matt 12:46–50; Mark 3:31–35; Luke 8:19–21). Both Matthew and Mark report that Jesus responds by equating those who do "the will" (to thelēma) of God with his true family. In Luke's version, however, Jesus uses a different phrase: "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God (ton logon tou theou) and do it" (Luke 8:21, NASB95).
While "the word of God" (ho logos tou theou) may sound like a stock, generic phrase, Luke always uses this particular Greek expression to refer to the teaching of Jesus...
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