Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

Whoever does the will of God, that is my brother and sister and mother."

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the feet of the Lord to listen to his talk.

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

[Relocated to follow vs 2] Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus;

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

Jesus said, "Remove the boulder." "Lord," said Martha, the dead man's sister, "he will be stinking by this time; he has been dead four days."

Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

Let me introduce our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;

Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas too, and all the saints in their company.

(Should the unbelieving partner be determined to separate, however, separation let it be; in such cases the Christian brother or sister is not tied to marriage.) It is to a life of peace that God has called us.

to our sister Apphia, to our fellow-soldier Archippus, and to the church that meets in your house:

Suppose some brother or sister is ill-clad and short of daily food;

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

The children of your elect Sister greet you.