17 Bible Verses about Family And Friends

"You will be betrayed even by parents or brothers and kinsfolk, and friends.

"and a man's own household will be his enemies.

Said they, "You have no relatives of that name!"

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

"Go home to your own people, and tell them what great things God has done for you, and has had mercy upon you."

Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

"Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not?

And another man also said to him. "I will follow you, Lord; but first permit me to bid farewell to those who are in my house."

And he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children,

"Return to your home, and tell them all that God has done for you." So he went away and throughout the whole city he published how much Jesus had done for him.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"You are my friends if you do what I command you.

"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

"My mother and brothers," he answered, "are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."