'Mother' in the Bible
Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called for Him.
A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Look! Your mother and Your brothers are outside asking for You.”
And He replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
Looking at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
For whoever does the will of God [by believing in Me, and following Me], he is My brother and sister and mother.”
They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all go outside, and took along the child’s father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was.
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And Herodias replied, “The head of John the Baptist!”
and brought back his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother [with respect and gratitude]’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of his father or mother must be put to death’;
but you [Pharisees and scribes] say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you is Corban, (that is to say, already a gift to God),”’
then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother [since helping them would violate his vow of Corban];
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother [to establish a home with his wife],
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not testify falsely, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”
Jesus said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up a house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,
Now some women also were watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome.
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were [carefully] watching to see where He was laid.
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased [sweet-smelling] spices, so that they might go and anoint Him.
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