Matthew 12:48

⁴⁸ But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine # 173

173. XIII. REGENERATION.

He who does not receive spiritual life, that is, who is not begotten anew by the Lord, cannot come into heaven; which the Lord teaches in John:

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except anyone be begotten again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (3:3).

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.