Matthew 12:46

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus’ True Family While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

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  • Acts 1:14 : 14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.
  • Matt 13:55 : 55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
  • John 2:12 : 12 Cleansing the Temple After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
  • John 7:3 : 3 So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.
  • John 7:5 : 5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.
  • 1 Cor 9:5 : 5 Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  • Mark 3:31-35 : 31 Jesus’ True Family Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon 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 He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
  • John 7:10 : 10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.
  • Luke 8:19-21 : 19 Jesus’ True Family Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd. 20 So he was told,“Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” 21 But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
  • John 2:1 : 1 Turning Water into Wine Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
  • John 2:5 : 5 His mother told the servants,“Whatever he tells you, do it.”
  • Mark 2:21 : 21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
  • John 19:25 : 25 Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
  • Luke 1:43 : 43 And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?
  • Luke 2:33 : 33 So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
  • Luke 2:48 : 48 When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him,“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.
  • Matt 1:18 : 18 The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 2:11 : 11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Matt 2:13-14 : 13 The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.” 14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.
  • Matt 2:20 : 20 saying,“Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

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    47Someone told him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”

    48To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

    49And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!

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

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    19Jesus’ True Family Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

    20So he was told,“Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

    21But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

  • Mark 3:30-35
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    30(because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).

    31Jesus’ True Family Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

    32A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

    33He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?”

    34And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!

    35For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

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    26So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother,“Woman, look, here is your son!”

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    5(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

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    44but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

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