'Sons' in the Bible

The peacemakers are blessed,for they will be called sons of God.

so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, who is it your sons drive them out by? For this reason they will be your judges.

the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

“Yes,” he said.When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

“From strangers,” he said.“Then the sons are free,” Jesus told him.

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

“What do you want?” He asked her.“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go, work in the vineyard today.’

You, therefore, testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites,

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

and to James the son of Zebedee,and to his brother John,He gave the name “Boanerges”(that is, “Sons of Thunder”);

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

He will turn many of the sons of Israelto the Lord their God.

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, who is it your sons drive them out by? For this reason they will be your judges.

He also said: “A man had two sons.

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, are You? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”

While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.

Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of His disciples were together.

And it will be in the last days, says God,that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,your young men will see visions,and your old men will dream dreams.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

“As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.

“At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers.

But the Lord said to him, “Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites.

He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all.

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

All those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons.

For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed.

And it will be in the place where they were told,you are not My people,there they will be called sons of the living God.

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:Though the number of Israel’s sonsis like the sand of the sea,only the remnant will be saved;

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to look directly at Moses’ face because of the glory from his face—a fading glory—

We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites could not stare at the end of what was fading away,

I will be a Father to you,and you will be sons and daughters to Me,says the Lord Almighty.

then understand that those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.

for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightlyor faint when you are reproved by Him,

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

But if you are without discipline—which all receive—then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

And I heard the number of those who were sealed:144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:

The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates.