Matthew 12:48

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But Jesus replied to the one who told Him, 'Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?'

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  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said of his father and mother, "I do not regard them;" he did not acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children, for they kept Your word and guarded Your covenant.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Mark 3:32-33 : 32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You." 33 But He replied to them, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"
  • Luke 2:49 : 49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
  • John 2:3-4 : 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, 'They have no more wine.' 4 Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does this have to do with me? My time has not yet come.'
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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  • Mark 3:31-35
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    31 Then His mother and brothers came, and standing outside, they sent someone to call Him.

    32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."

    33 But He replied to them, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

    34 Looking around at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!

    35 Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother."

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    49 Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers!'

    50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.

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    46 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

    47 Someone told Him, 'Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.'

  • Luke 8:19-21
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    19 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.

    20 Someone told Him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You."

    21 But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice."

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    55 "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary, and aren't his brothers named James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?"

    56 And aren't all his sisters here with us? So where did this man get all these things?"

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    35 For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

    36 A person's enemies will be those of his own household.

    37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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    25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

    26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

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    25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

    26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son."

    27 Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

  • Luke 2:48-49
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    48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us this way? Look, your father and I have been anxiously searching for you!"

    49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

  • 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us?' And they took offense at Him.

  • 12 After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

  • 42 They said, 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?'.

  • Matt 15:5-6
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    5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

    6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  • 4 Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does this have to do with me? My time has not yet come.'

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    13 Someone from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

    14 But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me as a judge or arbiter over you?"

  • 29 Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

  • 53 They will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

  • 27 As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, 'Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!'

  • 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

  • 45 While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

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    20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling before him and asking something from him.

    21 'What do you want?' he asked. She said to him, 'Declare that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.'

  • 23 But Jesus did not answer her a word. So his disciples came to him, urging him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

  • 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

  • 15 He then said to them, "But who do you say I am?"

  • 12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • 19 Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

  • 8 For I have endured insult for your sake, and shame has covered my face.

  • 31 His disciples said to Him, 'You see the crowd pressing against You, and yet You ask, “Who touched Me?”'

  • 3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

  • 35 While teaching in the temple, Jesus asked, 'Why do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

  • 10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

  • 42 'What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?' They replied, 'The son of David.'