'My Father' in the Bible

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father,"

"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.

"But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

"Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."

"Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," said Jesus; "for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven!

"See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

"Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

"And again I tell you that if two of you on earth symphonize your praying concerning anything for which you have asked, it shall be done for you by my Father in heaven.

My cup you indeed shall drink," he answered, "but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

"Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

"But I say to you, I will never again drink of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father."

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

Then he went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "O, my Father, if this cup cannot pass except I drink it, Thy will be done."

"Do you not suppose that I am able to appeal to my Father to furnish me at this very moment with twelve legions of angels?

He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father's house?"

To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

"When he came to himself he said: "'How many of my father's hired men have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing of hunger!

"'I will rise and go to my father, and say to him. "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your sight,

"'I beg you then, father,' he said, 'send him to my fathers house. For I have five brothers.

"And I promise you a kingdom, even as my Father has promised me a kingdom;

"And I will send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But tarry in Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."

and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade!

But he answered them, "My Father has continued working until now, and I am working too."

"I am come in the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

"Make the men sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so the men sat down, in numbers about five thousand. "of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me;

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;

"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day."

"Where is your Father?" they asked him. "You have neither known me nor my Father," answered Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have known my father also."

"I do not have a demon," said Jesus, "but I am honoring my Father, and you are dishonoring me.

"If I glorify myself." said Jesus, "my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, and you say, 'He is our God.'

"No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

Jesus answered them. "I have told you, and you do not believe. The works which I am doing in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me.

"My Father who has given them to me is stronger than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

"I and my Father are one."

"I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?"

"If I am not doing the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

If any one is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am there shall my servant be also. If any man is ready to serve me, him will my Father honor.

In my Father's house there are many rooms If it were not so, would I have told you that I went to prepare a place for you?

If you had known me, you would have known my Father too; from now on you know him and have seen him."

"I tell you solemnly that he who trusts in me shall himself do the works that I am doing; and still greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

"At that day you shall understand that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

"It is he who has my commands and obeys them that loves me; and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him."

Jesus replied. "If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

"You heard me tell you, 'I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me you would have been glad because I said 'I am going to the Father,' for my Father is greater than I.

"I am the vine, and my Father the vine-grower.

"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.

"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

"He who hates me hates my Father also.

"If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

"And they will do these things because they have not known my Father, nor me.

of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me; and of judgement,

(The slave's name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"

"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Then Jesus said to them again. "Peace to you. As my Father has sent me forth, I also now am sending you."

For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.

And he shall shepherd them with a rod of iron, shattering them like earthen vessels (as I myself have received from my Father),

He who overcomes shall thus be clad in white raiment; and I will in no wise blot out his name from the book of life, and I will own his name before my Father, and before his angels.

To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, as I myself have overcome and have taken my seat with my Father on his throne.