'Brethren' in the Bible

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.

And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?

But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.

But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;

Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.

But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.

And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.

And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.

And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?

And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:

Jesus answering said, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the coming age life eternal.

There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

And it was told him saying, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.

But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,

but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.

After this he descended to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.

His brethren therefore said to him, Remove hence and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest;

for neither did his brethren believe on him.

But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in secret.

Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.

This word therefore went out among the brethren, That disciple does not die. And Jesus did not say to him, He does not die; but, If I will that he abide until I come, what is that to thee?

These gave themselves all with one accord to continual prayer, with several women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.

And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear.

And the brethren knowing it, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,

And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;

And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

But the Jews who did not believe stirred up the minds of those of the nations and made them evil-affected against the brethren.

And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of those of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

having by their hand written thus: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among the nations at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with much discourse, and strengthened them.

And having passed some time there, they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

But after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city where we have announced the word of the Lord, and see how they are getting on.

but Paul having chosen Silas went forth, committed by the brethren to the grace of God.

who had a good testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.

and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These men that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.

And Paul, having yet stayed there many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

And when he purposed to go into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples engaging them to receive him, who, being come, contributed much to those who believed through grace.

And we, having completed the voyage, arrived from Tyre at Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them.

And when we arrived at Jerusalem the brethren gladly received us.

Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

But Paul, knowing that the one part of them were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead.

where, having found brethren, we were begged to stay with them seven days. And thus we went to Rome.

And thence the brethren, having heard about us, came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Tres Tabernae, whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.

And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also.

Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives?

So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh;

Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.

for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;

Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which I address to God for them is for salvation.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service.

But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

But I have written to you the more boldly, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,

But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;

Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren with them.

But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.