Now then, you did not send me here, but God; and He has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler of all the land of Egypt.

And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brothers, and to all the house of his father, bread for each person.

But He answered and said to him that told Him, "Who is My mother? And who are My brothers?"

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

"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.'

And when He had looked around in a circle at those sitting around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

But if a certain widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own household and to make repayment to their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Indeed a time is coming, and now has come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and you will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.