'Father' in the Bible

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

So they made signs to the baby's father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

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

So the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don't begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

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

As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him."

So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

Then his son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

But the father said to his slaves, 'Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!

The slave replied, 'Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.'

But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Then the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.'

So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father -- send Lazarus to my father's house

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done."

[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."