Matthew 12:50
for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
49And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, 'Lo, my mother and my brethren!
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.
Song of Solomon 5:1I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!
Matthew 17:5While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'
Matthew 25:45'Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me.
Mark 3:35for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'
Luke 11:27And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, 'Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:47-50
Who Are Christ's Relations. 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the… Read the whole commentary →