Job 17:14

14if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Song of Solomon 8:1

Longing for Her Beloved

1 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.

Matthew 12:49-50

49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 50For awhoever bdoes the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Luke 11:27-28

True Blessedness

27As he said these things, ca woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, dBlessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28But he said, eBlessed rather are those fwho hear the word of God and gkeep it!”

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