So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus to my father’s house

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Jesus said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

Then the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”

But he replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.