'Sons' in the Bible

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes -- from their sons or from foreigners?"

After he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, "sons of thunder");

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were Simon's business partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people."

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

Surely you're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock."

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael (who was from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of his were together.

And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls "Abba! Father!"

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will --

in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God's wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you.

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.