cSee Ex. 32:26-29
Leviticus 21:1-2
Holiness and the Priests
1And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, aNo one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, 2except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,Numbers 6:7
7 bNot even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head.Numbers 19:14
14“This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.Deuteronomy 33:9
9who said of his father and mother,‘I regard them not’;
che disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For dthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.
Matthew 8:21-22
21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave ethe dead to bury their own dead.”Matthew 12:46-50
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
46While he was still speaking to the people, behold, fhis mother and his gbrothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. ▼▼Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”
48But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50For iwhoever jdoes the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” Luke 9:59-60
59To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60And Jesus ▼▼Greek he
said to him, “Leave lthe dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and mproclaim the kingdom of God.”
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