Matthew 12:47

In the original Greek according to the Textus Receptus, this verse is:

ειπεν δε τις αυτω ιδου η μητηρ σου και οι αδελφοι σου εξω εστηκασιν ζητουντες σοι λαλησαι.

This verse is missing from Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, from Codex Regius, which often follows these two codices,^[1] and from the Westcott-Hort translation.

In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads:

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

The New International Version translates the passage as:

Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."

This person is believed to have been the messenger whom the brothers of Christ sent to call him out.^[2]