'Father' in the Bible

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.

Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

They did not see that his words were about the Father.

So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.

That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

I and my Father are one.

Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,

Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more.

Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.

And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.

Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more;

Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you,

For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?

They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was the high priest that year.