Quotes About Family

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”

Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

“Isnít this the carpenterís son? Isnít His motherís name Mary, and arenít His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Arenít all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

For God said, ëHonor your father and motherí and ëAnyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.í

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,í

he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

and said, ëFor this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one fleshí?

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.í”

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ëSon, go and work today in the vineyard.í

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

Simonís mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

Then Jesusí mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!