Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother’s breasts.

If I cry to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

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

Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”

Again they wept loudly. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung tightly to her.

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

So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

ל (Lamed) Children say to their mothers, “Where are food and drink?” They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers’ arms.

and she returned to her mother-in-law.When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did things turn out for you, my daughter?” Ruth told her about all the man had done for her.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.

“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.