And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” For not even his brothers believed in him.
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”
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