For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

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.”

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever –

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,