(A)Is not this (B)the carpenter, the son of Mary and (C)brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And (D)they took offense at him.

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:46 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 48, 49
  2. Matthew 12:46 Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”

42 They said, (A)“Is not this Jesus, (B)the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (C)we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

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Greeting

Jude, a servant[a] of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

(A)To those who are called, (B)beloved in God the Father and (C)kept for[b] Jesus Christ:

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
  2. Jude 1:1 Or by

55 (A)Is not this (B)the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not (C)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 (D)they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, (E)“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

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19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James (A)the Lord's brother.

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And blessed is the one who (A)is not offended by me.”

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13 And when they had entered, they went up to (A)the upper room, where they were staying, (B)Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon (C)the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

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40 There were also (A)women looking on (B)from a distance, among whom were (C)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and (D)Salome.

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The Words of Eternal Life

60 (A)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, (B)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?

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23 but we preach Christ (A)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

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22 (A)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it (B)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?”

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23 And blessed is the one who is (A)not offended by me.”

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22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at (A)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, (B)“Is not this (C)Joseph's son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, (D)‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did (E)at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, (F)no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when (G)the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (H)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And (I)there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, (J)but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and (K)drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed (A)for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign (B)that is opposed

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For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (A)and like a root out of dry ground;
(B)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.
(C)He was despised and rejected[a] by men,
    a man of sorrows[b] and acquainted with[c] grief;[d]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[e]
    he was despised, and (D)we esteemed him not.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us

Thus says the Lord,
    (A)the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
(B)to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
    the servant of rulers:
(C)“Kings shall see and arise;
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

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As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

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18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and (A)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:18 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot

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