Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
A Conservative Version
For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
American Standard Version
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"For whoever will do what my Father in heaven desires, is my brother and sister and mother."
Anderson New Testament
For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Bible in Basic English
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Common New Testament
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for whosoever shall do the will of my father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Darby Translation
for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Godbey New Testament
For whosoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Goodspeed New Testament
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"
John Wesley New Testament
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
Julia Smith Translation
For whoever should do the will of my Father, him in the heavens, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
King James 2000
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For whoever does the will of my Father [who is] in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother."
Modern King James verseion
For whoever shall do the will of My Father in Heaven, the same is My brother and sister and mother.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For whosoever doth my father's will which is in heaven, the same is my brother, my sister, and my mother."
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."
Montgomery New Testament
"Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."
NET Bible
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
New Heart English Bible
For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Noyes New Testament
For whoever doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Sawyer New Testament
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
The Emphasized Bible
For, whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he, is my, brother, and sister, and mother.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Webster
For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Williams New Testament
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my mother and sister and brother."
World English Bible
For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Worrell New Testament
For whosoever does the will of My Father Who is in Heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother."
Worsley New Testament
for whosoever doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is to me as my brother and sister and mother.
Youngs Literal Translation
for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
Themes
Church » Its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
Disciples/apostles » What the disciples are
Family » Who are members of the lord’s family
Family » Its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
God » Will of, submission to » Establishes a divine relationship
Obedience » Words of Christ concerning » Essential to membership in God's family
spiritual Relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Establishes a divine relationship
Will » Of God, the supreme rule of duty
Will » God's, submission to » Establishes a divine relationship
Topics
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Usage: 313
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 12:50
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Mother And Brothers
49 And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother and my brothers. 50 To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother."
Cross References
John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
Matthew 7:20-21
So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.
Matthew 17:5
He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."
Matthew 25:40
"But the King will answer them, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'
Matthew 25:45
"But he will reply, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'
Matthew 28:10
Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."
Mark 3:35
"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."
Luke 8:21
"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."
Luke 11:27-28
As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."
John 6:29
"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."
John 6:40
For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
John 19:26-27
So Jesus, seeing His mother, and seeing the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, "Behold, your son!"
John 20:17
"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Acts 3:22-23
Moses declared, "'The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet for you from among your brethren as He has raised me. In all that He says to you, you must listen to Him.
Acts 16:30-31
and, bringing them out of the prison, he exclaimed, "O sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Acts 17:30
Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent,
Acts 26:20
but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.
Romans 8:29
For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;
1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?
2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only a renewed nature.
Ephesians 5:25-27
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
Colossians 3:11
In that new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is everything and is in all of us.
1 Timothy 5:2
the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with perfect modesty.
Hebrews 2:11-17
For both He who sanctifies and those whom He is sanctifying have all one Father; and for this reason He is not ashamed to speak of them as His brothers;
Hebrews 5:9
and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver of eternal salvation.
James 1:21-22
Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 4:2
that in future you may spend the rest of your earthly lives, governed not by human passions, but by the will of God.
1 John 2:17
And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.
1 John 3:23-24
And this is His command--that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes clean, that they may have a right to the Tree of Life, and may go through the gates into the city.