Matthew 12:48

New American Bible - revised edition

But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

Cross References

Matthew 10:37

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Matthew 12:47

[Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.”]

Matthew 12:49

And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.

Luke 2:49

And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Luke 2:52

And Jesus advanced [in] wisdom and age and favor before God and man.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.

Deuteronomy 33:9

He said of his father and mother, “I have no regard for them”; His brothers he would not acknowledge, and his own children he did not recognize. For they kept your words, and your covenant they upheld.