'Children' in the Bible

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"

They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.

Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."