Mother

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

…and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

…but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

…because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)

…your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

…and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

…and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,

Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”

Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

…he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

…and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

…honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

…and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),

…he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?