Matthew 12:50
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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