He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.
“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
He said of his father and mother, ‘I have no regard for them.’ He did not recognize his brothers or acknowledge his own children, but he watched over your word and guarded your covenant.