'Sister' in the Bible
because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."
She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.
But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you!"
Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."
Meanwhile, standing near Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
But the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, so he came and got into the barracks and told Paul.
Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints who are with them.
But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him go. In such cases the brother or sister is not under obligation. God has called you to live in peace.
2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.
Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food
Your sister church in Babylon, chosen along with you, sends you greetings, as does Mark, whom I regard as a son.
The children of your chosen sister greet you.
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- Sister (134 instances)