“Let us then praise him, not with the mouth only, but from the heart, so that he may accept us as sons. For the Lord said, "My brothers are those who do the will of my Father." So let us do the will of the Father who called us, that we may live peaceably within this family, where our inclination shall be the pursuit of…”
Pseudo-Clement, 4th c. — 2 CLEMENT 9.10-10.1
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34And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
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32And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
— Mark 3:34 —
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.