'Mother' in the Bible

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James: and the other women with them said these things to the Apostles.

On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.

His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!

Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;

Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,

Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.

But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.

Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.

And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.