Matthew 12:50
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.””
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“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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 · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 12:50 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
- Song of Solomon 4:9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
- Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
- Song of Solomon 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
- Matthew 7:20So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Matthew 25:45Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
- Matthew 28:10“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
- Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
- Luke 8:21But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
- Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- John 19:26When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Acts 3:22For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
- Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
- Romans 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- 1 Corinthians 9:5Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
- 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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