In this world, it is not always possible to do what is totally and absolutely good all of the time. We are forced to make choices. Choices between doing what is good for us or what is good for others. Choices between doing what is good for a few close friends and relatives, or what is good for all humanity. Choices between doing what is good, short term, for man, but which harms the environment making it deadly for man long term, or doing what is of most benefit to all now, even though it will be unpleasant to many. Worse, we often find ourselves having to choose between the lesser of two evils because those are the only choices available at the time.

    Even Jesus had to make such choices at times and many criticize him for it. They will say that Jesus should have listened to his mother and his brothers and left with them. But Jesus wasn't being defiant to his mother, but was choosing the greater good of serving God and doing God's work.

    Christ can only do good, but when He descended to the material plane in the body of the human Jesus, He too was stuck with this dilemma of having to make choices when none of the options were 100 percent good. So yes, it was a minor bit of naughtiness to ignore His mother and brothers and continue with His work, but He choose that which was the greater good for all of us.