'Mother' in the Bible

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John."

So the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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."

Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child'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 her 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, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine left."

His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!"

He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.

All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,

I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."