30 Bible Verses about Siblings

But he answered the man who told him, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

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

"Now there were of our number seven brothers; and the first married and died. As he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

Then his mother and his brothers came up, and standing outside, they sent a messenger to him to call 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.

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,

"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.

While he was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers were standing outside, desiring to speak to him.

For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

"Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."

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

And we have this command from God: HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

"'Let him earnestly warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.'

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"

his brothers said to him. "Leave here and go into Judea, so that your disciples also may behold the works which you are doing.

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

Finally, brothers, farewell. Aim at perfection, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace; so shall the God of love and peace be with you.

Do not be talking against each other, brothers. He who is talking against a brother and condemning his brothers is talking against the Law and condemning the Law. But if you are condemning the Law, you are not a doer of the Law, but a judge.

If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen.

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

So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble.

By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Then one of the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."

My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,

Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother's, righteous.

"Now there were seven brothers. the first took a wife and died childless,

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."