Matthew 12:50

Geneva Bible (1560)

For whosoeuer shall doe my Fathers will which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

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  • John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
  • Luke 8:21 : 21 But he answered, and sayd vnto them, My mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God, and doe it.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, & the pappes which thou hast sucked. 28 But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, This is the woorke of God, that yee beleeue in him, whome he hath sent.
  • Matt 7:20-21 : 20 Therefore by their fruites ye shall knowe them. 21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those which hee knewe before, he also predestinate to bee made like to the image of his Sonne, that hee might be the first borne among many brethren.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenesse.
  • Heb 2:11-17 : 11 For he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one: wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Church will I sing praises to thee. 13 And againe, I will put my trust in him; againe, Beholde, here am I, and the children which God hath giuen me. 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himselfe likewise tooke part with them, that hee might destroye through death, him that had the power of death, that is the deuil, 15 And that he might deliuer all them, which for feare of death were all their life time subiect to bondage. 16 For he in no sort tooke on him the Angels nature, but hee tooke on him the seede of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoued him to be made like vnto his brethren, that hee might be mercifull, and a faithfull hie Priest in things concerning God, that he might make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people.
  • Jas 1:21-22 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules. 22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And this world passeth away, & the lust thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth euer.
  • 1 John 3:23-24 : 23 This is then his commaundement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commaundement. 24 For hee that keepeth his commaundements, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that hee abideth in vs, euen by that Spirit which he hath giuen vs.
  • Matt 28:10 : 10 Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they, that doe his commaundements, that their right may be in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the citie.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And being consecrate, was made the authour of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey him:
  • 1 Cor 9:5 : 5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am ielous ouer you, with godly ielousie: for I haue prepared you for one husband, to present you as a pure virgine to Christ:
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
  • Gal 6:15 : 15 For in Christ Iesus neither circumcision auaileth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a newe creature.
  • Eph 5:25-27 : 25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it, 26 That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde, 27 That hee might make it vnto him selfe a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it shoulde bee holy and without blame.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where is neither Grecian nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
  • Ps 22:22 : 22 I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,
  • Song 4:9-9 : 9 My sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded mine heart: thou hast wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes, and with a chaine of thy necke. 10 My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?
  • Song 4:12 : 12 My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.
  • Song 5:1-2 : 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I gathered my myrrhe with my spice: I ate mine hony combe with mine hony, I dranke my wine with my milke: eate, O friends, drinke, and make you mery, O welbeloued. 2 I sleepe, but mine heart waketh, it is the voyce of my welbeloued that knocketh, saying, Open vnto mee, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for mine head is full of dewe, and my lockes with the droppes of the night.
  • John 6:40 : 40 And this is the will of him that sent mee, that euery man which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth in him, should haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 And when Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loued, he said vnto his mother, Woman, beholde thy sonne. 27 Then saide he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and from that houre, the disciple tooke her home vnto him.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Iesus saith vnto her, Touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but goe to my brethren, and say vnto them, I ascend vnto my Father, and to your Father, and to my God, and your God.
  • Acts 3:22-23 : 22 For Moses said vnto the Fathers, The Lord your God shall raise vp vnto you a Prophet, euen of your brethren, like vnto me: ye shal heare him in all things, whatsoeuer he shal say vnto you. 23 For it shalbe that euery person which shall not heare that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.
  • Acts 16:30-31 : 30 And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued? 31 And they saide, Beleeue in the Lorde Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, & thine houshold.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but nowe hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent,
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, and at Hierusalem, & throughout all the coasts of Iudea, & then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turne to God, and doe workes worthy amendement of life.

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