30 Bible Verses about Siblings

"Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?"

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

His reply, spoken to them all, was: "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and do what it bids."

Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.

And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

"I tell you," he answered, "that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, on account of the Kingdom of God,

Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'

While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside, asking to speak to him.

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and relations and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,

Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;

For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.'

Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?" This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

And now, brothers, good-bye. Aim at perfection; take courage; agree together; live in peace. And then God, the source of all love and peace, will be with you.

Do not disparage one another, Brothers. He who disparages his Brother, or passes judgment on his Brother, disparages the Law and passes judgment on the Law. But, if you pass judgment on the Law, you are not obeying it, but judging it.

If a man says 'I love God,' and yet hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the man who does not love his Brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

A man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

Therefore, Brothers, do your best to put God's Call and Selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.

We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.

"Teacher," a man in the crowd said to Jesus, "tell my brother to share the property with me."

My Brothers, should one of you be led astray from the Truth, and some one bring him back again,

Then Peter came up, and said to Jesus: "Master, how often am I to forgive my Brother when he wrongs me? As many as seven times?"

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother's was good.

Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.

But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."