²¹ But He replied to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”^(A)

²⁸ He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God^(A) and keep it^(B) are blessed!”

¹¹ And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

²¹ Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil,^[a] humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.^[b](A)

²³ since you have been born again^(A)—not of perishable seed^(B) but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.^(C)