According to the Catholic church, are the individuals described in Mark 3:31 included with those described in Mark 3:21?
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In Mark chapter 3 Jesus is teaching and healing when he decides to head home (verse 20). When home (presumably Capernaum) a crowd gathers and his family comes to take him away, for they fear "He is out of his mind.":
> 20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could
> not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize
> him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind." (Mark 3:20-21,
> ESV)
Mark then goes on to describe scribes accusing Jesus of being a pawn for Satan, followed by Jesus rebuffing the accusation. Immediately following this, we are told in verse 31 that Mary and Jesus' brothers sent for him:
> 31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they
> sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him,
> and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside,
> seeking you." (Mark 3:31-32, ESV)
According to Roman Catholics, Are his "mother and his brothers" mentioned in verse 31 included with "his family" described in verse 21?
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