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Matthew 12:46-50 CEV While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside because they wanted to talk with him. (47) Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to talk with you." (48) Jesus answered, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?" (49) Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "These are my mother and my brothers! (50) Anyone who obeys my Father (Mat 17:5) in heaven is my brother or sister or mother."

Matthew 12:46-50 GNB Jesus was still talking to the people when his mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside, asking to speak with him. (47) So one of the people there said to him, "Look, your mother and brothers are standing outside, and they want to speak with you." (48) Jesus answered, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" (49) Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers! (50) Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants (Mat 17:5) is my brother, my sister, and my mother."

Matthew 12:46-50 GW While Jesus was still talking to the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside. They wanted to talk to him. (47) Someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They want to talk to you." (48) He replied to the man speaking to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" (49) Pointing with his hand at his disciples, he said, "Look, here are my mother and my brothers. (50) Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants (Mat 17:5) is my brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 12:46-50 ESV While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. (47) [Someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you."] (48) But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" (49) And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! (50) For whoever does the will of my Father (Mat 17:5) in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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