Matthew 7:4

7:4 Or how can you say ¹  to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

Matthew 13:55

13:55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? ²  And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Matthew 18:21

18:21 Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother ³  who sins against me? As many as seven times?”

[7:4]  ¹ tn Grk “how will you say?”

[13:55]  ² sn The reference to Jesus as the carpenter’s son is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to his mother…Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1-2; John 4:41; 8:41; 9:29).

[18:21]  ³ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.