Matthew 12:50

Easy To Read Version

My true brother and sister and mother is any person that does the things my Father in heaven wants.”

Cross References

Psalm 22:22

\{Lord,\} I will tell my brothers about you.\par I will praise you in the great assembly.\par

Matthew 12:49

Then Jesus pointed to his followers and said, “See! These people are my mother and my brothers.

Matthew 13:1

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.

Matthew 17:5

While Peter was talking, a bright cloud came over them. A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Obey him!”

Matthew 25:40

“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you did for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [389]} you also did for me.’

Matthew 25:45

“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you refused to do for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [390]} you refused to do for me.’

Matthew 28:10

Then Jesus said to the women, “Don’t be afraid. Go and tell my brothers (followers) to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

Mark 3:35

My true brother and sister and mother are those people that do the things God wants.”

Luke 8:21

Jesus answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those people that listen to God’s teaching and obey it!”

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do the things I tell you to do.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me. I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers (followers) and tell them this: ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.’”

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the One that God sent.”

John 6:40

Every person that sees the Son and believes in him has life forever. I will raise up that person on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

Acts 17:30

In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells every person in the world to change his heart and life.

Acts 26:20

I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. I told the people to do things that show that they really changed their hearts. I told these things first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told these things to the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Romans 8:29

God knew those people before he made the world. And God decided that those people would be like his Son (Jesus). Then Jesus would be the firstborn {\cf2\super [69]} of many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 9:5

We have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel, don’t we? The other apostles {\cf2\super [53]} and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas all do this.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel jealousy for you. And this jealousy is a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. Christ must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride. {\cf2\super [30]}

Galatians 5:6

When a person is in Christ Jesus, it is not important if he is circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Galatians 6:15

It is not important if a person is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.

Colossians 3:11

In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews. There is no difference between people that are circumcised {\cf2\super [16]} and people that are not circumcised, or people that are from some foreign country, or Scythians. {\cf2\super [17]} There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all those believers. And Christ is all that is important.

1 Timothy 5:2

Treat the older women like mothers. And treat the younger women with respect like sisters.

Hebrews 5:9

Then Jesus was perfect. And Jesus is the reason that all those people who obey him can have salvation forever.

1 Peter 4:2

\{Strengthen yourselves\} so that you will live your lives here on earth doing what God wants, not doing the evil things that people want.

1 John 2:17

The world is passing away. And all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever.

Revelation 22:14

“Those people who washed their robes {\cf2\super [174]} will be blessed. They will have the right to \{eat the food from\} the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.