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:It is true that no text of the Bible states that Mary did not believe in her Son. But in reasoning ''sola scriptura'' from the Bible alone, [[Logical fallacy#Argument from silence|"absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"]]. Consider the "proof text" that the priest [[Melchizekek]] had no father or mother and never died. The Bible says of Melchizedek in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7%3A3&version=KJV Hebrews 7:3] that "He is without father or mother or genealogy, and has neither beginning of days '''nor end of life''', but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever" (RSVCE)—see [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/7-3.htm commentaries on Hebrews 7:3]. The fact that the Bible does not ''explicitly'' say so is not proof that it is not a fact. A careful, close reading of the entire New Testament as a whole also discloses that there is no text of scripture that explicitly states that Mary ever broke any one or all of the [[Ten Commandments]], or says that she ever sinned. On the basis of scripture alone, then, what Jesus said of himself can also be said of Mary, "Which of you convicts me of sin?" (John 8:46). If there are any such texts in the Bible, Mark 3:21 is not one of them. Thus any claim that Mary certainly doubted the sanity of her Son Jesus is outside the Bible and dependent on a tradition developed in opposition to the Orthodox and Catholic tradition about Mary which was not an element in the controversy over [[Nestorianism]]. <br> Other texts that are adduced against Marian devotion are:
::John 2:4 <br>''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/2-4.htm John 2:4].<br>Matthew 12:46-50 <br>''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/12-48.htm Matthew 12:48] and [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/12-50.htm 12:50].<br>Luke 8:19-21 <br>''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/8-21.htm Luke 8:21].<br>Luke 11:27-28 <br>''see commentaries on'' [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/11-28.htm Luke 11:28].
:See also the discussions ''pro'' and ''con'' in the following articles:
:*[http://shamelesspopery.com/did-jesus-rebuke-his-mother-in-luke-819-21/ Did Jesus Rebuke His Mother in Luke 8:19-21? by Joe Heschmeyer (shamelesspopery.com)]
:*[http://shamelesspopery.com/why-the-seemingly-anti-marian-passages-in-the-bible/ Why the Seemingly Anti-Marian Passages in the Bible? by Joe Heschmeyer (shamelesspopery.com)]<br>  :There are claims of late 1st century and early 2nd–6th century ''Jewish'' calumnies against Mary as an unrighteous sinner—for example, the tradition in the [[Talmud]] that she became pregnant by a Roman soldier, and that Jesus was the bastard product of [[rape]]:
:*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8616-jesus-of-nazareth#anchor22 Jewish Encyclopedia -Jesus of Nazareth (jewishencyclopedia.com)] —''at sidebar'' Table of Contents ''click on'' "–In Jewish Legend"
:*[https://www.jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/jesus-in-the-talmud/ Jesus in the Talmud, by Gil Student - Jews for Judaism (jewsforjudaism.org)]
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