'Brothers' in the Bible

Now Jesus' mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."