13 Bible Verses about Christ's Earthly Family

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

While He was still talking to the crowds, it happened that His mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to Him.

Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd.

And He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, asking to see You.”

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?

Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?” And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].

And His sisters, are they not [living here] among us? Where then did this Man get all this [wisdom and power]?”

So His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do.

Have we not the right to take along with us a believing wife, as do the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas (Peter)?

But I did not see any other apostle except James, the [half] brother of the Lord.

All these with one mind and one purpose were continually devoting themselves to prayer, [waiting together] along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

When His own family heard this they went to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He is out of His mind.”

For not even His brothers believed in Him.