41 occurrences

'Father' in the Bible

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him {after} his father Zechariah.

Verse ConceptsBoysCircumcision, physicalDay 8People Naming PeopleLess Than A Year OldJesus BirthDadsHaving A BabyFathers Responsibilitieschristianitybabyimportance

So they made signs to his father [asking] what he wanted him to be named,

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsPeople Naming People

And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

Verse ConceptsPraise, Manner And Methods OfProphesyingBeing Filled With The Spirit

And his father and mother were astonished at what was said about him.

Verse ConceptsAmazing

And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersLove, And The WorldMothers, Responsibilities OfAnxiety, CauseWhy Does Jesus Do This?

And he said to them, "{Why} were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary [for] me to be in the [house] of my Father?"

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfBusynessNecessityChrist, Character OfHelpful ChildrenFervourInteraction Of Father And SonWhy Do Others Do This?Businessfatherhoodteenager

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Verse ConceptsPeople Of God, In NtRepentance, Nature OfSecuritySelf DeceptionChildren Of AbrahamPotential Of FruitSigns Of RepentanceNervousness

Now [when he] came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleEntering HousesChrist Going With People

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of this person when he comes in his glory and the [glory] of the Father and of the holy angels.

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeAngels as agents of judgmentRejection Of God, Results OfBeing AshamedGod's Glory In Jesus ChristReceiving God's WordChrist And ShamingInteraction Of Father And SonMaranatha

And [while] he was still approaching, the demon threw him down and convulsed [him]. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Verse ConceptsRebukeSpiritsSatan, Work OfConvulsionsThose Jesus HealedSigns Of Possible Demon Possession

And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFirst ActionsInstructions About Following

All [things] have been handed over 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 [anyone] to whom the Son wants to reveal [him]."

Verse ConceptsGospel, Essence OfKnowing God, Nature OfAuthority Of ChristChrist Knowing GodNot Knowing About ChristWho Is God?God Giving To The SonInteraction Of Father And SonWho He Might BeThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristKnowing God's Character

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Verse ConceptsSnakesRepulsive FoodFathers And SonsBreadGivingBeing A Good FatherFishfatherhoodparenthood

For all the nations of the world seek after these [things], and your Father knows that you need these [things].

Verse ConceptsGod's CareCarePagansSeeking For Concrete ThingsWhat Foreigners Are LikeWorrying

And the younger of them said to [his] father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that is coming to [me].' So he divided [his] assets between them.

Verse ConceptsPropertyDadsdivision

I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}!

Verse ConceptsFaultsConversion, examples ofSin, Nature OfPeople Getting UpWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

And [his] son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}! I am no longer worthy to be called your son!'

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRepentance, Examples OfConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

But [his] father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put [it] on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on [his] feet!

Verse ConceptsBarefeetFingersClothingOrnamentsRingsRobesSandalsCosmeticsShoesClothing OthersFine Clothes

And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has gotten him back healthy.'

Verse ConceptsFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

But he became angry and did not want to go in. So his father came out [and] began to implore him.

Verse ConceptsGesturesAnger, HumanGoing OutsideUnnamed People Angry With Others

But he answered [and] said to his father, 'Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Verse ConceptsGoatsAction For A Long TimeEating Drinking And RejoicingObeying People

And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'

Verse ConceptsLimitednessTongueDrinking WaterFire Of HellFingers Of PeoplePeople Showing Mercylazarus

So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house,

Verse ConceptsBeggarslazarus

And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent!'

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone's brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionQuestioning ChristLack Of Sons

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