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.

And now not you sent me here, but God: and he placed me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And Joseph will nourish his father and his brethren, and all the house of his father, with bread according to the mouth of the little ones.

And he having answered, said to him speaking to him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me.

And having looked round upon those sitting round about him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren!

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

My little children, we should not love in word, neither in tongue; but in work and truth.