The Bible speaks of sisters in two ways: women born into the same family, and women in the church whom Jesus and the apostles call sisters. The family stories include Moses’s sister at the Nile (Exodus 2:4), Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:30-31) and the five daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:7). The sisters Martha and Mary appear in Luke 10:41-42 and John 11:5, and John names their village as Bethany. Jesus uses the word for his followers: “Whoever does God’s will…
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