'Mother' in the Bible

and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother of JESUS who is called CHRIST.

The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united in marriage, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him--gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

When they were gone, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise: take the babe and His mother and escape to Egypt, and remain there till I bring you word. For Herod is about to make search for the child in order to destroy Him."

So Joseph roused himself and took the babe and His mother by night and departed into Egypt.

"Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."

So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and desire to speak to you."

"Who is my mother?" He said to the man; "and who are my brothers?"

And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother and my brothers.

To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother."

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah?

So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist."

The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, and she took it to her mother.

For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';

but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--

and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?

Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.'"

And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.

among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.

By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.

Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."

"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.

She at once went out and said to her mother: "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptizer," she replied.

and brought his head on a dish and gave it to the young girl, who gave it to her mother.

For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'

But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God)

And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother,

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,

There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome--

Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was put.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.

But why is this honour done me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

His mother, however, said, "No, he is to be called John."

And while the child's father and mother were wondering at the words of Symeon concerning Him,

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

When they saw Him, they were smitten with amazement, and His mother said to Him, "My child, why have you behaved thus to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in anguish."

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.

The dead man sat up and began to speak; and He restored him to his mother.

Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd.

But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."

"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."

So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.

As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law."

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

You know the Commandments: 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not murder;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; and they and the rest of the women related all this to the Apostles.

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

Now the wine ran short; whereupon the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."

His mother said to the attendants, "Whatever he tells you to do, do it."

Afterwards He went down to Capernaum--He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they made a short stay there.

They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, 'I have come down out of Heaven'?"

Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

So Jesus, seeing His mother, and seeing the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, "Behold, your son!"

Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that time the disciple received her into his own home.

All of these with one mind continued earnest in prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

So, after thinking things over, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark, where a large number of people were assembled, praying.

Greetings to Rufus, who is one of the Lord's chosen people; and to his mother, who has also been a mother to me.

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

"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

"Honour your father and your mother" --this is the first Commandment which has a promise added to it--

On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.

For I recall the sincere faith which is in your heart--a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully convinced, now dwells in you also.

with no father or mother, and no record of ancestry: having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made a type of the Son of God--this man Melchizedek remains a priest for ever.

Through faith even Sarah herself received strength to become a mother--although she was past the time of life for this--because she judged Him faithful who had given the promise.

His tail was drawing after it a third part of the stars of Heaven, and it dashed them to the ground. And in front of the woman who was about to become a mother, the Dragon was standing in order to devour the child as soon as it was born.

And on her forehead was a name written: "I am a symbol of great Babylon, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth."