Deu 13:6-11, 33:9, Zec 13:3, Mat 10:37, 12:46-50, 2Cor 5:16 | ESV | STEP | If your brother , the son of your mother , or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly , saying , Let us go and serve other gods , which neither you nor your fathers have known ,

Deuteronomy 13:6-11

6 ^a“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or ^bthe wife you embrace ^{▼▼Hebrew the wife of your bosom} or your friend ^dwho is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ ^ewhich neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 some ^fof the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, 8 you shall ^gnot yield to him or listen to him, nor ^hshall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. 9 But you shall kill him. ⁱYour hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 ^jYou shall stone him to death with stones, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 11 And ^kall Israel shall hear and fear and never again do any such wickedness as this among you.

Deuteronomy 33:9

9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
^lhe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For ^mthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.

Zechariah 13:3

3 And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ⁿ‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Matthew 10:37

37 ^oWhoever 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 12:46-50

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, ^phis mother and his ^qbrothers 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”} 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For ^swhoever ^tdoes the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

2 Corinthians 5:16

16 From now on, therefore, ^uwe regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.