Matthew 12:50

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

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  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother."
  • Luke 8:21 : 21 But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice."
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 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!' 28 But He replied, 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God: that you believe in the one he has sent.'
  • Matt 7:20-21 : 20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruits. 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
  • Heb 2:11-17 : 11 Both the One who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one Father. That is why He is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying, 'I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will sing Your praise.' 13 And again, 'I will put my trust in Him.' And again, 'Here am I, and the children God has given Me.' 14 Since the children share in flesh and blood, He too likewise partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death—that is, the devil. 15 and might free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels He helps, but He helps the offspring of Abraham. 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Jas 1:21-22 : 21 Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 The world is passing away, along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
  • 1 John 3:23-24 : 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.
  • Matt 28:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.'
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who keep His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
  • 1 Cor 9:5 : 5 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.
  • Gal 6:15 : 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but what matters is a new creation.
  • Eph 5:25-27 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!'
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
  • Ps 22:22 : 22 Save me from the mouth of the lion; from the horns of wild oxen, you have answered me.
  • Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
  • Song 4:12 : 12 A locked garden is my sister, my bride—an enclosed spring, a sealed fountain.
  • Song 5:1-2 : 1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love. 2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night."
  • John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
  • John 19:26-27 : 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.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'
  • Acts 3:22-23 : 22 Moses said: 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. 23 And it will be that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
  • Acts 16:30-31 : 30 Then he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' 31 They replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.'
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

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