30 Bible Verses about Siblings

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

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

But he answered, "My mother and brothers are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

Now there were seven brothers in our number. The first married and died; as he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing outside they sent to call him;

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine;

He said to them, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Realm of God,

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.

(for even his brothers did not believe in him).

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

You will be betrayed by your very parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

And we get this command from him, that he who loves God is to love his brother as well.

Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

so his brothers said to him, "Leave this and go across into Judaea, to let your disciples witness what you can do;

And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."

Now brothers, goodbye; mend your ways, listen to what I have told you, live in harmony, keep the peace; then the God of love and peace will be with you.

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If anyone declares, 'I love God,' and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who will not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love the God whom he has never seen.

yes, a man's own household will be his enemies.

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

A man out of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance";

My brothers, if anyone of you goes astray from the truth and someone brings him back,

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?"

we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.

Well, there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died childless.

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."