The manner in which the brothers are spoken of in connection with His mother suggests that He and they bore to her the same relation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
I hope their coming won't bore you, Richard.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Life in general, in fact, was rather a bore.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay