Matthew Chapter 12 verse 49 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 12:49

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

And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers!
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DARBY Matthew 12:49

And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
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KJV Matthew 12:49

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


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WEB Matthew 12:49

He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
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YLT Matthew 12:49

And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 49. - And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples. One of the very few signs of an eye-witness in sentences peculiar to the First Gospel (see Introduction, p. 11). And said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(49) Behold my mother and my brethren.--The words assert in its strongest form the truth which we all acknowledge, that though natural relationships involve duties which may not be neglected, spiritual relationships, the sense of brotherhood in a great cause, of devotion to the same Master, are above them, and that when the two clash (as in the case supposed in Matthew 10:37), the latter must of right prevail.The words have naturally occupied a prominent position in the controversial writings of Protestants against what has been judged by them to be the idolatrous worship of the Virgin Mother by the Church of Rome; and it is clear that they have a very direct bearing on it. They do exclude the thought that her intercession is mightier to prevail than that of any other pure and saintly soul. Though spoken with no apparent reference to the abuses of later ages, the words are a protest, all the stronger because of the absence of such reference, against the excess of reverence which has passed into a cultus, and the idolatry of dressed-up dolls into which that cultus has developed.