Matthew 12:50

12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is ¹  my brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 25:40

25:40 And the king will answer them, ²  ‘I tell you the truth, ³  just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters ⁴  of mine, you did it for me.’

Romans 8:29

8:29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son ⁵  would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. ⁶ 

Hebrews 1:11-12

1:11 They will perish, but you continue.

And they will all grow old like a garment,

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ⁷  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ⁸ 

[12:50]  ¹ tn The pleonastic pronoun αὐτός (autos, “he”) which precedes this verb has not been translated.

[25:40]  ² tn Grk “answering, the king will say to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[25:40]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[25:40]  ⁴ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). In this context Jesus is ultimately speaking of his “followers” (whether men or women, adults or children), but the familial connotation of “brothers and sisters” is also important to retain here.

[8:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God’s Son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:29]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[1:12]  ⁷ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

[1:12]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.