MARY
Scripture References
Mary Bore Other Children
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?
Matthew 13:55-56 (NASB)
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.
Mark 6:3 (NASB)
While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.”
Matthew 12:46-47 (NASB)
After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
John 2:12 (NASB)
These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Acts 1:14 (NASB)
Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing”….For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
John 7:3, 5 (NASB)
But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself [Jesus] also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.
John 7:10 (NASB)
But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
Galatians 1:19 (NASB)
Mary is Not a Mediator Between God and Man
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1 Timothy 2:3-6 (NKJV)
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper [the Holy Spirit, not Mary] will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
John 16:7-15 (NASB)
No one can come to Me [Jesus] unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:44 (NASB)
Mary is Not Elevated Above Others
While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.” But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 12:46-50 (NASB)
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?
Matthew 13:55-56 (NASB)
Mary Supernaturally Conceived Jesus Incarnate
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.”
Matthew 1:18-20 (NASB)
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.”
Luke 1:26-35 (NASB)
Mary was a Sinner Needing a Savior
[Mary said] “My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.”
Luke 1:46-47 (NASB)
Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Luke 2:22-24 (NKJV)
Note: Mary needed to offer sacrifices for her sins, based on the Law of Moses in Leviticus 12:6-8 (see Scripture below).
When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female. And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons -one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
Leviticus 12:6-8 (NKJV)
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood-to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
Romans 3:23-26 (NIV)
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NASB)
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8 (NASB)
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned...
Romans 5:12 (NASB)
But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah 64:6 (NKJV)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV)
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Ephesians 2:1-3 (NASB)
When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy...
1 Kings 8:46a (NASB)
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin”?
Proverbs 20:9 (NASB)
Mary was Not a Perpetual Virgin
And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.
Matthew 1:24-25 (NASB)
Note: They did not engage sexually before Jesus’ birth but engaged in marital relations afterward, conceiving children by their union.
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?
Matthew 13:55-56 (NASB)
Note: Mary bore other children who were conceived naturally.
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.
Mark 6:3 (NASB)
Note: Mary bore other children who were conceived naturally.
But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
Galatians 1:19 (NASB)
Note: Mary bore other children who were conceived naturally.
While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.”
Matthew 12:46-47 (NASB)
Note: Mary bore other children who were conceived naturally.
These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Acts 1:14 (NASB)
Note: Mary bore other children, conceived naturally.
Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James [Jesus’ brother]; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.
Luke 24:10 (NASB)
Note: Mary bore other children who were conceived naturally.