Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
- BSB Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
- NKJV Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.
- NASB Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
- NLT And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
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- Matt 12:48–50But he answered him who spoke to him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
- 1 Tim 5:2–4the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- John 16:32Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- 1 Jn 3:18–19My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
- John 1:11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
- Gen 45:8So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Gen 47:12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
- Matt 25:40“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
- Mark 3:34Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!
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