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Matthew 12:46-50 is the text for this sermon entitled, "The Family of Jesus."

In this final paragraph of Chapter 12, Matthew describes a time when Jesus was sitting with disciples and his birth family came asking to speak with him. Someone let Jesus know that his mother and siblings needed to see him. Jesus used this interruption as a "golden moment" to teach his listeners something important about the spiritual kingdom, the family of God. 

He asks a simple question and gives a simple (though unexpected) response: my family is anyone who does the will of God, my Father. What does this answer teach us in today's modern society?