'Children' in the Bible

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

They answered him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus replied, "If you are Abraham's children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

So Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They replied, "No."