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“reference to ~~another~~ Mary at the foot of the cross in Mark 15, with a similar name list of children, you will recognize that “brothers” there are simply members of the same household that are close in age”.

And in my large family my siblings were, also, of the same household and close in age but that didn't stop brothers from being brothers.

And my parents would say, 'our household', Nothing uncommon about that. There are different ways of saying the same thing.

Matt 12:46 "While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him."

Matt 12:47 "Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."

Mark 3:31 "Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him".

Mark 3:32 "A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."

Luke 8:19 "Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd".

Luke 8:20 "Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."

Matthew, Mark and Luke - all addressing his brothers as brothers and telling Jesus His mother and brothers want to see Him.

You think that particular event was in the Scriptures for a reason THREE TIMES. You think the Holy Spirit might be trying to get a message across. And that He is ALMIGHTY and ALL KNOWING from the end to the beginning.

Let's get to the point here - there is enough evidence about who Jesus says his mother is - to the names of her children But if you agree with God's Word concerning Mary and her children, the cost may be too much for you to bare. Surely, it's more than Jesus bore./sarc

my parents would say, 'our household', Nothing uncommon about that. There are different ways of saying the same thing

Yes, and the way the Evangleists chose was the most natural way to refer to them, "adelphoi/brothers". Were the Evangelist writing in modern America, they would probably write as you suggest.

Incidentally, if you think Mary having other children is important for your salvation, and you believe in Sola Scriptura, why do you think none of these passages definitively picks one child and say, "X, the son of Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is Jesus' younger brother according to the flesh"?