MATTHEW 12

Jesus said that those who do God’s will are as important to Jesus as his own relatives are.

46 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his younger brothers arrived. They stood outside the house, wanting to speak with him. 47 Someone said to him, "Your mother and your younger brothers are standing outside the house, wanting to talk to you." 48 Then Jesus said to the person who told him that, "◄I will tell you something about my mother and brothers [MET]./Do you know who I consider to be like my mother and my brothers?►" [MET, RHQ] 49 He then pointed toward us disciples and said, "These are ones whom I love as much as I love my mother and my brothers [MET]. 50 Those who do what God my Father who is in heaven wants, are as dear to me [MET] as my brother, my sister, or my mother."