Matthew 12:50
Good News Translation
Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother, my sister, and my mother."

New Revised Standard Version
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother."

New American Bible
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

do.

Matthew 7:20,21 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. . . .

Matthew 17:5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Mark 3:35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Luke 8:21 Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God and do it.

Luke 11:27,28 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee and the paps that gave thee suck. . . .

John 6:29,40 Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he hath sent. . . .

John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

Acts 3:22,23 For Moses said: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: him you shall hear according to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you. . . .

Acts 16:30,31 And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved? . . .

Acts 17:30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.

Acts 26:20 But to them first that are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance.

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but a new creature.

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

Hebrews 5:9 And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation:

James 1:21,22 Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. . . .

1 Peter 4:2 That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men but according to the will of God.

1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.

1 John 3:23,24 And this is his commandment: That we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us. . . .

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that they may have a right to the tree of life and may enter in by the gates into the city.

the same.

Matthew 25:40,45 And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. . . .

Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee. There they shall see me.

Psalm 22:22 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.

John 20:17 Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.

Romans 8:29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the Firstborn amongst many brethren.

Hebrews 2:11-17 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: . . .

and sister.

Songs 4:9,10,12 Thou hast wounded my heart, my sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded my heart with one of thy eyes, and with one hair of thy neck. . . .

Songs 5:1,2 Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved. . . .

1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister as well as the rest of the apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it: . . .

and mother.

John 19:26,27 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. . . .

1 Timothy 5:2 Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.

Context
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
49And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren. 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Cross References
Matthew 12:49
And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren.

Matthew 13:1
The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.

John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

Matthew 12:49
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