John 19:27

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Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

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

And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.