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My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it

This metaphor expresses that the people who were coming to listen to Jesus were as important to him as his own family was. Alternate translation: "Those who hear the word of God and obey it are like a mother and brothers to me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

the word of God

"the message God has spoken"