Matthew 12:50

New American Bible - revised edition

For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Cross References

Psalm 22:22

Save me from the lion’s mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.

Song of Solomon 4:12

M A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed!

Matthew 12:49

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

Matthew 13:1

On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Matthew 25:40

And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’

Matthew 25:45

He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’

Matthew 28:10

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” The Report of the Guard.

Mark 3:35

[For] whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

Luke 8:21

He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” The Calming of a Storm at Sea.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him [on] the last day.”

Acts 17:30

God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repent

Acts 26:20

On the contrary, first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem and throughout the whole country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached the need to repent and turn to God, and to do works giving evidence of repentance.

Romans 8:29

For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have the right to take along a Christian wife, as do the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. Be Not Misled.

Galatians 6:15

For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation.

Colossians 3:11

Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all and in all.

1 Timothy 5:2

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with complete purity. Rules for Widows.

Hebrews 5:9

and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

1 Peter 4:2

so as not to spend what remains of one’s life in the flesh on human desires, but on the will of God.

1 John 2:17

Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever. Antichrists.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the right to the tree of life and enter the city through its gates.