'Mother' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."

So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you."

To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"

And pointing toward his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

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

Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Instructed by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

He answered them and said, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John."

So the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Now Jesus' mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine left."

His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!"

He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.

All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,

I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."