While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
For not even his brothers believed in him.
So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
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.
But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.
Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”
he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead.”
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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