Matthew 12:48

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

Cross-reference

Matthew 10:37 Related theme

Matthew 10:37 teaches that love for Christ must exceed family love — directly parallels Jesus' redefinition of family here.

Matthew 13:55 Historical context

Matthew 13:55 lists Jesus' biological family — the very relationships he relativizes here by defining his true family as those who do God's will.

In Matthew 28:10, after the resurrection, Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' — embodying the redefinition of family as spiritual kinship he taught here.

Deuteronomy 33:9 describes Levi ignoring family for God's covenant — prefigures Jesus' teaching that spiritual family trumps biological ties.

Mark 3:32 Parallel

Mark 3:32 is the parallel account of the same event — the crowd announces Jesus' mother and brothers are outside.

Mark 3:33 Parallel

Mark 3:33 records Jesus' identical rhetorical question about His mother and brothers — direct synoptic parallel.

Luke 2:49 Related theme

Luke 2:49 shows young Jesus prioritizing His Father's business, echoing His later redefinition of family based on doing God's will.

John 2:4 Parallel

John 2:4 records Jesus' distancing reply to Mary ('Woman, what does that have to do with Me?') — directly parallels His questioning of family ties here.

Luke 11:28 Parallel

In Luke 11:28, Jesus gives the same teaching: true blessedness comes from hearing and obeying God's word, not biological relation to him.

Hebrews 2:11 shows Jesus not ashamed to call believers brothers, directly echoing the familial language Jesus uses here about his spiritual family.

Deuteronomy 13:6 commands rejecting family who lead to idolatry — paralleling Jesus' teaching that spiritual loyalty to God supersedes biological ties.

John 19:27 Contrast

John 19:27 shows Jesus caring for his biological mother even as he here redefines family — demonstrating that spiritual kinship doesn't negate natural obligations.

2 Corinthians 5:16 Related theme

In 2 Corinthians 5:16, Paul echoes this redefinition: we no longer know anyone according to the flesh — spiritual kinship supersedes biological.