Where in the Bible did Jesus say Mary was not his mother?

Answer 1

The statement you apparently have in mind is recorded in all three synoptic gospels: Matthew 12:47-50 - Then one said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You." But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother." Mark 3:32-35 - And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You." But He answered them, saying, "Who is My mother, or My brothers?" And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother." Luke 8:20, 21 - And it was told Him by some, who said, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You." But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it." Jesus didn't say Mary wasn't His mother. Instead, He turned an ordinary encounter into an extraordinary series of teachings. First, He asked a rhetorical question to get peoples' minds ready to stop and think; then... (1) He stressed that the crowd around Him was more His family than Mary and His earthly half-brothers. Jesus placed the spiritual family firmly ahead of the physical family. This can be a heartbreaking teaching, but when one must choose between following Jesus or pleasing one's family, the Lord made it very clear which way one should choose. Luke 14:26 - "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. " ["Hate" is comparative, of course, and in no way contradicts Jesus' teachings that we all love one another; He is emphasizing that we must love HIM that much more.] (2) He stressed the necessity of obedience("...for whoever DOES the will..."). Not just who "hears," or who "believes," or even who "accepts," but he who DOES. Jesus plainly taught that it's pointless to be a Christian in name only. Matthew 7:21 - Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. (3) Significantly, Jesus passed up a picture perfect opportunity to exalt Mary. It's entirely reasonable to think that if God had intended Jesus' followers to venerate Mary, Jesus would have used such an obvious chance to teach it…but He didn't. This is not the only time He downplayed such a chance. Luke 11:27, 28 -And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!" But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!" This setup is even more opportune than the first, for it directly involves the blessing of Mary, and Jesus opposes the notion even more strongly than He did before. To use a poor analogy, it's as if people kept setting Jesus up to knock one out of the park, and He refused to swing. Instead, with no insult to His mother, He made the same point as before; more important than Mary (or anything else) is to "hear the word of God and keep it."

Answer 2

Jesus never said that Mary was not his mother in The Bible. In fact, Jesus acknowledged Mary as his mother multiple times, including when he was dying on the cross, where he entrusted her care to his disciple John.

Answer 3

While Jesus never disrespected His Mother, some have misunderstood His instructions to her in John 2:4. When Mary told Jesus that they ran out of wine at the wedding of Cana, Jesus was telling her that His hour for ministry had not yet come. Yet, He did help those at the celebration, by changing pots of water into the best tasting Grape Juice ever produced, or what would be called new wine.