blood and water

Have you heard it said that blood is thicker than water? This implies the substance of family relations. Yet I tell you that relationship is thicker than blood. Haven’t you experienced this yourself, in finding a stronger bond between yourself and your friends than at least some of your relatives? In my time on earth I said that my brothers were those who heard and obeyed the word of God. You would like to have those related to you to accompany you on your spiritual journey but you have no assurance of this. You do have my promise that those who are rejected by their families for my sake will have a hundredfold of brothers as companions as they walk with me.