Matthew 12:48
To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
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- Deut 33:9 : 9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
- Matt 10:37 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever 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 He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?”
- Luke 2:49 : 49 But he replied,“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 increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
- John 2:3-4 : 3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him,“They have no wine left.” 4 Jesus replied,“Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”
- 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.
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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?”
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49And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!
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47Someone told him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”
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56And aren’t all his sisters here with us? So where did he get all this?”
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35For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
36and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.
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25Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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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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48When 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.”
49But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
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12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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