TR Concordance for τέκνα

A voice was heard in Ramah,

weeping,[fn] and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

and she refused to be consoled,

because they are no more.

“And don't presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

“Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother[fn] or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

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

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks[fn] under her wings, but you were not willing!

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children! ”

He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn't right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father[fn] or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

“And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”

“Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don't start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

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

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

“They will crush you and your children among you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”

“and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

“But they have been informed about you ​— ​that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.

Fathers, don't stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won't become discouraged.

Although we could have been a burden as Christ's apostles, instead we were gentle[fn] among you, as a nurse[fn] nurtures her own children.

As you know, like a father with his own children,

He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful[fn] children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and do not fear any intimidation.

See what great love[fn] the Father has given us that we should be called God's children ​— ​and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn't know him.

This is how we know that we love God's children: when we love God and obey[fn] his commands.

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in truth.

“I will strike her children dead.[fn] Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be[fn] children of God, to those who believe in his name,

“Our father is Abraham,” they replied.

“If you were Abraham's children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children,

Neither is it the case that all of Abraham's children are his descendants.[fn] On the contrary, your offspring will be traced[fn] through Isaac.

I'm not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.

For the unbelieving husband is made holy by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy by the husband.[fn] Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

Look, I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

For it is written,

Rejoice, childless woman,

unable to give birth.

Burst into song and shout,

you who are not in labor,

for the children of the desolate woman will be many,

more numerous than those

of the woman who has a husband.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of a slave but of the free woman.

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ​— ​

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears,[fn] we will be like him because we will see him as he is.

This is how God's children and the devil's children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.

The children of your elect sister send you greetings.