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Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
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and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
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Jesus Calls the First Disciples
As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishers.
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As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
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And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the gentiles do the same?
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The True Kindred of Jesus
While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him.
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Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
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But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
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And pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
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Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
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And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
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When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers.
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Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died childless, leaving the widow to his brother.
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But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.
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And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’
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Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers and sisters to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”