Jesus' Mother and Brothers

⁴⁶ While he was still speaking to the people, behold, ^(A)his mother and his ^(B)brothers^[a] stood outside, asking to speak to him.^{[b] 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 ^(C)whoever ^(D)does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

^54 (A)and coming to ^(B)his hometown ^(C)he taught them in their synagogue, so that ^(D)they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? ^55 (E)Is not this ^(F)the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not ^(G)his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” ⁵⁷ And ^(H)they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, ^(I)“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” ⁵⁸ And he did not do many mighty works there, ^(J)because of their unbelief.

¹² After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and ^(A)his brothers^[a] and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

² Now ^(A)the Jews' Feast of ^(B)Booths was at hand. ^3 (C)So his brothers^[a] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. ⁴ For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^(D)show yourself to the world.” ^5 (E)For not even ^(F)his brothers believed in him. ⁶ Jesus said to them, ^(G)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but ^(H)it hates me because I testify about it that ^(I)its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not^[b] going up to this feast, for ^(J)my time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

¹⁰ But after ^(K)his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.

¹⁴ All these ^(A)with one accord ^(B)were devoting themselves to prayer, together with ^(C)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and ^(D)his brothers.^[a]

^5 (A)Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,^[a] as do the other apostles and ^(B)the brothers of the Lord and ^(C)Cephas?

¹⁸ Then ^(A)after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles except James ^(B)the Lord's brother.