{"id":5676,"date":"2026-02-20T02:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5676"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:26:46","slug":"jesus-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5676","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? <\/strong><\/em> Matthew 13:53-56a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And he (Jesus) went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.<\/strong><\/em> Mark 6:1-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then after three years I <\/strong><\/em>(Paul) <\/strong>went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord\u2019s brother.<\/strong><\/em> Galatians 1:19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


…let the word of Christ dwell <\/strong><\/em>(take up its life)<\/strong> in you richly…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: Joseph is not mentioned in these passages, so it is assumed that he had already passed from this life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every word of God\u00a0is\u00a0pure: he\u00a0is\u00a0a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.<\/strong><\/em> Proverbs 30:5&6<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary and his … Continue reading Jesus’ Family<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5676"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5725,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5676\/revisions\/5725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}