Matthew Chapter 12 verse 50 Holy Bible
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
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for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 50. - For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same (he, Revised Version; αὐτός: ch. 1:21, note) is my brother, and sister, and mother. He is fall; he sums up in himself all such relations. Observe that our Lord does not raise the question whether or not his mother and brethren now believed on him. He is only speaking of the claims of relationship as such. From Mark 3:21, however (which seems to refer to the same occasion), we may conclude that the motive for this endeavour to interrupt him lay in unbelief. If so, Mary was either unaware of this or had herself been over-persuaded into momentary impatience (John 2:3) and distrust. If the latter alternative be adopted, she forms a parallel to the Baptist (Matthew 11:3, note).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(50) Whosoever shall do the will.--This is, then, what Christ recognises as the ground of a spiritual relationship. Not outward, but inward fellowship; not the mere fact of baptism, but that which baptism signifies; that doing the will of God, which is the essence of holiness--this is that which makes the disciple as dear to the heart of Christ as was the mother whom He loved so truly.Sister, and mother.--The special mention of the sister suggests the thought that those who bore that name had joined the mother and the brethren in their attempt to interrupt the divine work.
