And as he was speaking, lo a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.

for whosoever doth the will of God, he is to me as my brother, my sister, and mother.

And He answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God and do it.

As He was speaking these things, a certain woman lifted up her voice from amidst the croud, and said, Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck!

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him, whom He hath sent.

and ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.

For Moses said unto the fathers, the Lord your God will raise up a prophet unto you, of your brethren, like me, Him shall ye hear in all things whatever He shall say unto you;

and bringing them out, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Wherefore though God overlooked the times of this ignorance, He now requireth all men every where to repent.

but declared first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and turn unto God, performing works suitable to repentance.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but being created anew.

Wherein there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free: but Christ is all and in all.

He became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey Him:

Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

that he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh according to the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

And the world passeth away, and the desire of it: but he, that doth the will of God, abideth for ever.

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He hath given us a charge to do.

Happy are they that do his commandments, so shall they have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

The same

And the king replying will say unto them, Verily I declare unto you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the lest of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

Then saith Jesus unto them, Be not afraid, go tell my brethren to repair into Galilee, and there they shall see me.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not now; for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go directly to my brethren, and tell them, "I am to ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."

for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called;

since He that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

And sister

we not power to lead about with us a sister a wife as well as other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, having espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:

And mother

Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son:

the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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Now his mother and his brethren came to Him, and could not come at Him for the croud:

but He replied, Yea rather happy are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.