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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth."read more.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
so they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
By the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."read more.
But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things; but only one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."
One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they watched him.
And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.
The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and tell how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Now whatever village or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go out. As you enter the house, give it your greeting. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.read more.
And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
And he said to them, "Where you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place. And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."
Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house.' And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.
And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this timehouse and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.
So he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and we are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless;
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he lived in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise; for he was looking forward to the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Here indeed we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.read more.
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. Therefore we are always of good courage; and we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
But according to his promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
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When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
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To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
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And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
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For I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you as well.
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Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.
"It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
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Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
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But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to become an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
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And bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.
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Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.
Deacons must be the husband of one wife, and must manage their children and their households well.
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their homes, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach.
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But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;
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Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
namely, if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild or rebellious.
And he answered them, "Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'
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While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of him."
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But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
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because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
for he was looking forward to the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
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And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."
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to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
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to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
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After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they will become discouraged.
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He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity
Deacons must be the husband of one wife, and must manage their children and their households well.
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Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and live."
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In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
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Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
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"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),
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But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' So he divided his living between them. Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.
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For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried to him, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed."
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"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
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For I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you as well.
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But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
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but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
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If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
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But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me; and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » The philippian jailer and his family are baptized
He took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his family.
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When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
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And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion for him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
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By the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
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For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, for all whom the Lord our God will call to himself."
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So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." And he himself believed, and all his household.
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » Andrew leads his brother to Christ
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means the Christ).
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In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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"Return to your home, and tell how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
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But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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And he said to them, "Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
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And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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And Mary said:
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"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?"
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A New Home
John 14:2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Education, At Home
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Individuals going home
Matthew 12:44Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
Not going home directly
Matthew 2:12And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
Order In The Home
1 Timothy 2:1-2First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men,
