Luke 12:32
12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased 1 to give you the kingdom.
Matthew 6:1
Pure-hearted Giving
6:1 “Be 2 careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. 3 Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:8
6:8 Do
4 not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:32
6:32 For the unconverted
5 pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 10:20
10:20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 18:14
18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
John 20:17
20:17 Jesus replied,
6 “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
1 tn Or perhaps, “your Father chooses.”
2 tc ‡ Several mss (א L Z Θ Ë1 33 892 1241 1424 al) have δέ (de, “but, now”) at the beginning of this verse; the reading without δέ is supported by B D W 0250 Ë13 Ï lat. A decision is difficult, but apparently the conjunction was added by later scribes to indicate a transition in the thought-flow of the Sermon on the Mount. NA27 has δέ in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.
3 tn Grk “before people in order to be seen by them.”
4 tn Grk “So do not.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.
5 tn Or “unbelievers”; Grk “Gentiles.”
6 tn Grk “Jesus said to her.”