“Do not disturb. I’m disturbed enough already” (notice on Spike Milligan’s door, quoted by the late bishop of Galway, Martin Drennan).
The leaders of the society where Jesus lived, like Spike Milligan, did not want to be disturbed. They were comfortable with the status quo. Jesus, on the other hand, did not come to make people comfortable or self-satisfied. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector would bear that out (Luke 18:9-14). They accused him of casting out devils by Satan’s power, the worst allegation they could make. Unlike Nicodemus, who was willing to listen to Jesus even though he did not necessarily understand him, the scribes thought that, by denigrating him, people would cease to be his followers. Nowadays it is becoming frequently common to physically attack or insult public figures, rather than engaging in a meaningful debate with them. Not much has changed.
Jesus must have grown up in a very happy family environment with Mary and Joseph. This would have been his vision for his new family, which consisted of those who did the will of God. Mary, of course, was the finest example of this, as someone who described herself as “the handmaid of the Lord.” She was the ideal disciple who followed her son all the way to the cross. Those who looked at her would know what discipleship meant.