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

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes -- from their sons or from foreigners?"

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.