Matthew 12:46 says, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.  Though Jesus was no longer speaking to the Pharisees directly, He was continuing to speak to the common people.  Sometimes, those who consider themselves to be the religious authority of the world are the least likely to listen to Jesus, because He might threaten their authority and position in the world.  We are told that Jesus's mother and brothers came desiring to speak to Him.  I wonder how Mary and her other children felt about Jesus.  We know that Mary knew of the miraculous birth of Jesus, but what had she shared with her other sons?  For whatever reason, they were outside and wanted to speak to Jesus.  Matthew Henry points out that they should have been inside wanting to hear Jesus.  Instead, they were outside wanting to speak to Him, and interrupted His teaching to do so.  As Matthew Henry points out, sometimes those who are the closest to a person are less likely to listen to them.  Verse forty-seven states, Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.  Someone interrupted Jesus to tell Him that His mother and brothers were standing without wanting to speak with Him.  It is a wonderful thing that we do not have to have someone go to Jesus to tell Him that we would like to speak to Him.  Mary and the brothers of Jesus could have gone directly to Him and listened until He was through speaking.  Sometimes, we may feel that our desire to speak to Jesus is more important than anything else, but sometimes when we come to Him we may need to first listen to what He has to say.  It could be that Mary and the brothers of Jesus felt that what they wanted should come ahead of what anyone else needed.  We need to be careful that this isn't our attitude. In verse forty-eight Jesus asks, But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?  This was a rhetorical question basically.  Who would people say the mother and brothers of Jesus were?  I believe that Jesus was implying that they were still looking at Him in earthly terms.  Verse forty-nine states, And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!  In this statement, Jesus was speaking spiritually.  No one person is spiritually more important to Jesus than any other, no matter who they may be in the eyes of the world.  In verse fifty Jesus declares, For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.  Jesus tells us that this not only applied to His disciples, but to anyone who would accept Him as Savior and Lord, which is the first necessarily step before being able to do the will of the Father. This includes everyone who accepts Jesus, including you and me.  We become brothers and sisters to Christ and each other.