MOTHER MARY

John 19:26-27 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

Those pesky, difficult, archaic thees, thous, and thys!

The word "thy" in this passage is singular, limiting the application to the apostle John. If you replace "thy" with "your", as does almost every other version (including the ESV), it can be plural. That's the way the Catholic Church interprets it when they use this passage to tell us Mary is our mother and should be venerated.

But the modern versions don't make any important changes or affect any doctrine. Apparently, the veneration of Mary, equal to or above Jesus Christ, is not an important doctrine to the modern versions.