to the saints, the faithful<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters<n id="2" /> in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you<n id="3" /> from God our Father!<n id="4" />p>

to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!p>

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!p>

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!p>

so that you may be like<n id="1" /> your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Aren&#8217;t two sparrows sold for a penny?<n id="1" /> Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father&#8217;s will.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Whoever, then, acknowledges<n id="1" /> me before people, I will acknowledge<n id="2" /> before my Father in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.p>

For I have come to set <i>a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,i>

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is<n id="1" /> my brother and sister and mother.&#8221;p>

Then <i>the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Fatheri>.<n id="1" /> The one who has ears had better listen!<n id="2" />p>

Therefore go<n id="1" /> and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,<n id="2" />

He<n id="1" /> will be great,<n id="2" /> and will be called the Son of the Most High,<n id="3" /> and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father<n id="4" /> David.

<p class="bodytext">On<n id="1" /> the eighth day<n id="2" /> they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name<n id="3" /> him Zechariah after his father.

But<n id="1" /> he replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Why were you looking for me?<n id="3" /> Didn&#8217;t you know that I must be in my Father&#8217;s house?&#8221;<n id="4" />

But when he came to his senses<n id="1" /> he said, &#8216;How many of my father&#8217;s hired workers have food<n id="2" /> enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the Word became flesh<n id="2" /> and took up residence<n id="3" /> among us. We<n id="4" /> saw his glory &#8211; the glory of the one and only,<n id="5" /> full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

To those who sold the doves he said, &#8220;Take these things away from here! Do not make<n id="1" /> my Father&#8217;s house a marketplace!&#8221;<n id="2" />

It is written in the prophets, &#8216;<b><i>And they will all be taught by Godi>b>.&#8217;<n id="1" /> Everyone who hears and learns from the Father<n id="2" /> comes to me.

So Jesus added,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>