'Mother' in the Bible

Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and [Salome] the mother of Zebedee’s sons [James and John].

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.

And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

but his mother answered, “No indeed; instead he will be called John.”

in order to register with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.

And His [legal] father and His mother were amazed at what was said about Him.

Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Listen carefully: this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is to be opposed—

When they saw Him, they were overwhelmed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us like this? Listen, Your father and I have been [greatly distressed and] anxiously looking for You.”

He went down to Nazareth with them, and was continually submissive and obedient to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

Now as He approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her [in the funeral procession].

The man who was dead sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd.

And He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, asking to see You.”

But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”

When He came to the house, He allowed no one to enter with Him, except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s father and mother.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]—he cannot be My disciple.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not testify falsely, Honor your father and your mother.’”

Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna [the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward] and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

They kept saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now [have the arrogance to] say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

So the soldiers did these things.But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister [Salome], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (esteemed) standing near, said to His mother, “[Dear] woman, look, [here is] your son!”

Then He said to the disciple (John), “Look! [here is] your mother [protect and provide for her]!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

All these with one mind and one purpose were continually devoting themselves to prayer, [waiting together] along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

When he realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was also called Mark, where many [believers] were gathered together and were praying continually [and had been praying all night].

Greet Rufus, an eminent and choice man in the Lord, also his mother [who has been] a mother to me as well.

But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

Honor [esteem, value as precious] your father and your mother [and be respectful to them]—this is the first commandment with a promise—

But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children.

I remember your sincere and unqualified faith [the surrendering of your entire self to God in Christ with confident trust in His power, wisdom and goodness, a faith] which first lived in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am confident that it is in you as well.

Without [any record of] father or mother, nor ancestral line, without [any record of] beginning of days (birth) nor ending of life (death), but having been made like the Son of God, he remains a priest without interruption and without successor.

And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES (false religions, heresies) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”