:See [http://biblehub.com/multi/mark/3-21.htm multiple versions of Mark 3:21].
:Translations of Mark 3:21 differ. The Greek term '''Οἱ παρʼ αὐτοῦ''' literally means "''those of him''", that is, the common general term for ''acquaintances, relatives, hometown (citizens), those who knew him as one of their own''. Some translated readings say "his friends" (KJV), some say "his family". <br> However, against both of these interpretive readings, the Greek term '''τους φίλους του''' ''tous philous tou'', "his friends", is not in Mark 3:21. The Greek term '''οικογένειάς του''' ''oikogeneias tou'', "his family" is not in Mark 3:21. The most probable literal sense of the wording in Mark 3:21 would be "''his neighbors''", those from his hometown who did not accept him (compare Mark 6:1-6; Matthew 13:53-58; Luke 4:16-30; John 7:2-9). <br> Depending on which version the reader prefers, Mary is '''''not''''' among "his friends" who say "He is beside himself" (KJV) / "He is insane"—'''or'''—Mary is '''''included''''' among "his family" and agrees with them in saying "He is beside himself" / "He is insane". <br> Compare [http://biblehub.com/multi/john/10-20.htm John 10:20] "''he hath a devil and is mad; why hear ye him?''" (KJV).
:The version that reads "his family" implies that Mary had ceased to believe in Jesus and therefore that she too had sinned against Him by disbelief, that she had lost faith in him and had [[Apostasy|apostatized]], and had [[Blasphemy|blasphemed]] against Him by saying, "He is insane". This is adduced by many Protestant Christian [[Exegesis|exegetes]] as biblical and doctrinal proof that Mary had sinned, and committed blasphemy, and therefore that the Catholic doctrine that Mary was wholly and entirely free of sin by the grace of God from the moment of her [[Immaculate Conception]] and entirely throughout her life is a false doctrine and a [[Satan|satanic]] deception (see 1 Timothy 4:1-2). Mary therefore was a sinner.