Behold Your Mother

25 (A)Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of (B)Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and (C)the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, (D)“Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her (E)to his own home.

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25 Near the cross(A) of Jesus stood his mother,(B) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(C) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(D) there, and the disciple whom he loved(E) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.