Matthew 12:50

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Luke 8:21 : 21 But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk. 28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
  • Matt 7:20-21 : 20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them. 21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
  • Heb 2:11-17 : 11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers, 12 Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church. 13 And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me. 14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One; 15 And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free. 16 For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham. 17 Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
  • Jas 1:21-22 : 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation. 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
  • 1 John 3:23-24 : 23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us. 24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
  • Matt 28:10 : 10 Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
  • 1 Cor 9:5 : 5 Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
  • Gal 6:15 : 15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
  • Eph 5:25-27 : 25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it; 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word, 27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.
  • Ps 22:22 : 22 I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.
  • Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck! 10 How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!
  • Song 4:12 : 12 A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.
  • Song 5:1-2 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love. 2 I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
  • John 6:40 : 40 This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son! 27 Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
  • Acts 3:22-23 : 22 For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you. 23 And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.
  • Acts 16:30-31 : 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

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