Matthew 13:55-56
55 aIs not this bthe carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not chis brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”Mark 6:3
3 dIs not this ethe carpenter, the son of Mary and fbrother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And gthey took offense at him.John 7:3-6
3 hSo his brothers ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10
said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, jshow yourself to the world.” 5 kFor not even lhis brothers believed in him. 6Jesus said to them, m“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. Acts 1:14
14All these nwith one accord owere devoting themselves to prayer, together with pthe women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and qhis brothers. ▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verse 15
1 Corinthians 9:5
5 sDo we not have the right to take along a believing wife, ▼▼Greek a sister as wife
as do the other apostles and uthe brothers of the Lord and vCephas? Galatians 1:19
19But I saw none of the other apostles except James wthe Lord’s brother.
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