"The Lord was engaged in the ministry of the word, in teaching the people, and in the office of preaching; His mother and brethren come and stand outside and ask to speak Him (see Mt. 12:46-50). At this point somone tells our Savior that they were outside and asking for Him. Now, to my mind, the one who brought the message did not do so casually and with sincerity; rather he was setting a trap for the Savior, to see whether He would prefer flesh and bllod to His spiritual ministry. For this reason the Lord refuses to go out-not meaning to disown His Mother. But to answer the plotter. He stretches forth His hand towards His disciples, and says: "Behold my mother..." These are My Mother, who give birth to Me daily in the hearts of believers. These are My brethren, who do the works of My Father. By this, however, He did not-as Marcion and Manichaeus assert-disown His Mother, so as to lend credence to the idea that He was born of a phantom; rather, He preferred His Apostles to His kindred that we too might prefer, where there is question of rival love, the spirit to the flesh."