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Lexicon :: Strong's G3962 - patēr

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πατήρ
Transliteration
patēr (Key)
Pronunciation
pat-ayr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word
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TDNT Reference: 5:945,805

Strong’s Definitions

†πατήρ patḗr, pat-ayr'; apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):—father, parent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 419x

The KJV translates Strong's G3962 in the following manner: Father (268x), father (150x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 419x
The KJV translates Strong's G3962 in the following manner: Father (268x), father (150x).

  1. generator or male ancestor

    1. either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents

    2. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David

      1. fathers i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation

    3. one advanced in years, a senior

  2. metaph.

    1. the originator and transmitter of anything

      1. the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself

      2. one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds

    2. one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way

    3. a title of honour

      1. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received

      2. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others

  3. God is called the Father

    1. of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler

    2. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector

      1. of spiritual beings and of all men

    3. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father

    4. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also in his own divine nature

      1. by Jesus Christ himself

      2. by the apostles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†πατήρ patḗr, pat-ayr'; apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):—father, parent.
STRONGS G3962:
πατήρ (from the root, pa; literally, nourisher, protector, upholder; (Curtius, § 348)), πατρός, πατρί, πατέρα, vocative πάτερ (for which the nominative ὁ πατήρ is five times used, and (anarthrous) πατήρ in John 17:21 T Tr WH, 24 and 25 L T Tr WH; cf. B. § 129, 5; Winers Grammar, § 29, 2; WH's Appendix, p. 158), plural πατέρες, πατέρων, πατρασι (Hebrews 1:1), πατέρας, ὁ (from Homer down), the Sept. for אָב, a father;
1. properly, equivalent to generator or male ancestor, and either
a. the nearest ancestor: Matthew 2:22; Matthew 4:21; Matthew 8:21; Luke 1:17; John 4:53; Acts 7:14; 1 Corinthians 5:1, etc.; οἱ πατέρες τῆς σαρκός, fathers of the corporeal nature, natural fathers (opposed to ὁ πατήρ τῶν πνευμάτων), Hebrews 12:9; plural of both parents, Hebrews 11:23 (not infrequent in secular auth, cf. Delitzsch at the passage); or
b. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a race or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Matthew 3:9; Luke 1:73; Luke 16:24; John 8:39, 53; Acts 7:2; Romans 4:1 Rec., Romans 4:17f, etc.; Isaac, Romans 9:10; Jacob, John 4:12; David, Mark 11:10; Luke 1:32; plural, fathers i. e. ancestor's, forefathers, Matthew 23:30, 32; Luke 6:23, 26; Luke 11:47; John 4:20; John 6:31; Acts 3:13, 25; 1 Corinthians 10:1, etc., and often in Greek writings from Homer down; so too אָבות, 1 Kings 8:21; Psalm 21:5 (Ps. 22:5), etc.; in the stricter sense of the founders of a race, John 7:22; Romans 9:5; Romans 11:28.
c. equivalent to one advanced in years, a senior: 1 John 2:13f.
2. metaphorically;
a. the originator and transmitter of anything: πατήρ περιτομῆς, Romans 4:12; the author of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself: so πατήρ πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων, Romans 4:11, cf. Romans 4:12, 16 (1 Macc. 2:54); one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds, John 8:38, 41f, 44; the phrase ἐκ πατρός τίνος εἶναι is used of one who shows himself as like another in spirit and purpose as though he had inherited his nature from him, John 8:44.
b. one who stands in a father's place, and looks after another in paternal way: 1 Corinthians 4:15.
c. a title of honor (cf. Sophocles, Lexicon, under the word), applied to
α. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received: Matthew 23:9 (of prophets, 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 6:21).
β. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was, by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others: Acts 7:2; Acts 22:1; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus i., p. 7{a}.
3. God is called the Father,
a. τῶν φώτων (A. V. of lights i. e.) of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler, James 1:17.
b. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector: Ephesians 3:14f G L T Tr WH; τῶν πνευμάτων, of spiritual beings, Hebrews 12:9; and, for the same reason, of all men (πατήρ τοῦ παντός ἀνθρώπων γένους, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 24): so in the Synoptic Gospels, especially Matthew, Matthew 6:4, 8, 15; Matthew 24:36; Luke 6:36; Luke 11:2; Luke 12:30, 32; John 4:21, 23; James 3:9; ὁ πατήρ ὁ ἐν (τοῖς) οὐρανοῖς, the Father in heaven, Matthew 5:16, 45, 48; Matthew 6:1, 9; Matthew 7:11, 21; Matthew 18:14; Mark 11:25, 26 R G L; Luke 11:13 (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ; cf. Buttmann, § 151, 2{a}; Winer's Grammar, § 66, 6); ὁ πατήρ ὁ οὐρανοῖς, the heavenly Father, Matthew 6:14, 26, 32; Matthew 15:13.
c. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as the stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father. This conception, common in the N. T. Epistles, shines forth with especial brightness in Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6; in John's use of the term it seems to include the additional idea of one who by the power of his Spirit, operative in the gospel, has begotten them anew to a life of holiness (see γεννάω, 2 d.): absolutely, 2 Corinthians 6:18; Ephesians 2:18; 1 John 2:1, 14(1 John 2:13),1 John 2:16; 1 John 3:1; Θεός καί πατήρ πάντων, of all Christians, Ephesians 4:6; with the addition of a genitive of quality (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; § 132, 10), ὁ πατήρ τῶν οἰκτίρμων, 2 Corinthians 1:3; τῆς δόξης, Ephesians 1:17; on the phrases ὁ Θεός καί πατήρ ἡμῶν, Θεός πατήρ, etc., see Θεός, 3, p. 288{a}.
d. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and (as appears from the teaching of John) made to share also in his own divine nature; he is so called,
α. by Jesus himself: simply ὁ πατήρ (opposed to ὁ υἱός), Matthew 11:25-27; Luke 10:21; John 5:20-23, 26, 36; John 10:15, 30, etc.; ὁ πατήρ μου, Matthew 11:27; Matthew 25:34; Matthew 26:53; Luke 10:22; John 5:17; John 8:19, 49; John 10:18, 32, and often in John's Gospel; Revelation 2:28 (Revelation 2:27); Rev 3:5,21; with ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς added, Matthew 7:11, 21, 32; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 16:17; Matthew 18:10, 19; ὁ οὐράνιος, Matthew 15:13; ὁ ἐπουράνιος, Matthew 18:35 Rec.
β. by the apostles: Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 3:14 Rec.: Colossians 1:3; Hebrews 1:5; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:6. See (Tholuck (Bergrede Christi) on Matthew 6:9; Weiss, Biblical Theol. d. N. T., Index under Vater; C. Wittichen, Die Idee Gottes als d. Vaters (Göttingen, 1865); Westcott, Epistles of St. John, pp. 27-34, and) below in υἱός and τέκνον.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
8:21
2 Kings
2:12; 6:21
Psalms
21:5; 22:5
Matthew
2:22; 3:9; 4:21; 5:16; 5:45; 5:48; 6:1; 6:4; 6:8; 6:9; 6:9; 6:14; 6:15; 6:26; 6:32; 7:11; 7:11; 7:21; 7:21; 8:21; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:27; 12:50; 15:13; 15:13; 16:17; 18:10; 18:14; 18:19; 18:35; 23:9; 23:30; 23:32; 24:36; 25:34; 26:53
Mark
11:10; 11:25; 11:26
Luke
1:17; 1:32; 1:73; 6:23; 6:26; 6:36; 10:21; 10:22; 11:2; 11:13; 11:47; 12:30; 12:32; 16:24
John
4:12; 4:20; 4:21; 4:23; 4:53; 5:17; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22; 5:23; 5:26; 5:36; 6:31; 7:22; 8:19; 8:38; 8:39; 8:41; 8:44; 8:44; 8:49; 8:53; 10:15; 10:18; 10:30; 10:32; 17:21
Acts
3:13; 3:25; 7:2; 7:2; 7:14; 22:1
Romans
4:1; 4:11; 4:12; 4:12; 4:16; 4:17; 8:15; 9:5; 9:10; 11:28; 15:6
1 Corinthians
4:15; 5:1; 10:1
2 Corinthians
1:3; 1:3; 6:18; 11:31
Galatians
4:6
Ephesians
1:3; 1:17; 2:18; 3:14; 3:14; 4:6
Colossians
1:3
Hebrews
1:1; 1:5; 11:23; 12:9; 12:9
James
1:17; 3:9
1 Peter
1:3
1 John
2:1; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:16; 3:1
Revelation
1:6; 2:27; 2:28; 3:5; 3:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3962 matches the Greek πατήρ (patēr),
which occurs 414 times in 367 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 8 (Mat 2:22–Mat 23:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea [fn]in place of his father Herod [the Great], he was afraid to go there. Then being warned by God in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - And going on [further] from there He noticed two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father [fn]Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them [to follow Him as His disciples].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:22 - Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45 - so that you may [show yourselves to] be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on those who are evil and on those who are good, and makes the rain fall on the righteous [those who are morally upright] and the unrighteous [the unrepentant, those who oppose Him].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:48 - “You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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“Be [very] careful not to do your [fn]good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:4 - so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:6 - “But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:9 -

“Pray, then, [fn]in this way:

‘Our Father, who is in heaven,

[fn]Hallowed be Your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:14 -

“For if you forgive [fn]others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:15 - “But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - so that your fasting will not be noticed by people, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - “Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - “For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - “If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:21 -

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:21 - Another of the [fn]disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and [fn]bury my father (collect my inheritance).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:20 - for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:21 -

“Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - “Are not two little sparrows sold for a [fn]copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

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“Therefore, the one who [fn]confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:33 - “But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:35 - “For I have come to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:37 -

“[fn]He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 -

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [I openly and joyfully acknowledge Your great wisdom], that You have hidden these things [these spiritual truths] from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants [to new believers, to those seeking God’s will and purpose].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:26 - “Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son [deliberately] wills to reveal Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - “For [fn]whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven [by believing in Me, and following Me] is My brother and sister and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - “Then THE RIGHTEOUS [those who seek the will of God] WILL SHINE FORTH [radiating the new life] LIKE THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 - “For God said [through Moses], ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF or INSULTS or TREATS IMPROPERLY FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - “But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “Whatever [money or resource that] I have that would help you is [already dedicated and] given to God,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - he is not to honor his father or his mother [by helping them with their need].’ So by this you have invalidated the word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect] for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:13 - He answered, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be torn up by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:17 - Then Jesus answered him, “Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, favored by God] are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood (mortal man) did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:27 - “For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory and majesty of His Father with His angels, and THEN HE WILL REPAY EACH ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE.

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“See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - “So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones be lost.

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“Again I say to you, that if two [fn]believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:35 - “My heavenly Father will also do the same to [every one of] you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED INSEPARABLY TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:19 - HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF” [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [fn]or children or farms for My name’s sake will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - He said to them, “You will drink My cup [of suffering]; but to sit on My right and on My left this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two did the will of the father?” The chief priests and elders replied, “The first one.” Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - “Do not call anyone on earth [who guides you spiritually] your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:30 - and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - “Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins.

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