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  • Matthew 12:49
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 49 And extending his hand toward his disciples, he said: “Look! My mother and my brothers!+

  • Matthew 12:49
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 49 καὶ And ἐκτείνας having stretched out τὴν the χεῖρα hand αὐτοῦ of him ἐπὶ upon τοὺς the μαθητὰς disciples αὐτοῦ of him εἶπεν he said Ἰδοὺ Look! ἡ The μήτηρ mother μου of me καὶ and οἱ the ἀδελφοί brothers μου· of me;

  • Matthew 12:49
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 49 And extending his hand toward his disciples, he said: “Look! My mother and my brothers!+

  • Matthew 12:49
    The Bible in Living English
    • 49 and he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said “Here are my mother and my brothers;

  • Matthew 12:49
    American Standard Version
    • 49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!

  • Matthew 12:49
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 49 And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples he said, Lo! my mother and my brethren!

  • Matthew 12:49
    King James Version
    • 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 12:49 jy 105; lr 223; gt chapter 42; w87 3/1 9

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 12:49 w67 256; w62 351; w50 522

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 12:49

      Jesus—The Way, p. 105

      Teacher, pp. 222-223

      The Watchtower,

      3/1/1987, p. 9

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 12:49

      Look! My mother and my brothers!: Jesus here makes a distinction between his natural brothers, who evidently lacked faith in him (Joh 7:5), and his spiritual brothers, his disciples. He shows that regardless of how precious the ties are that bind him to his relatives, his relationship with those who do “the will of [his] Father” is even more precious.​—Mt 12:50.

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