Matthew 2:22; Matthew 3:9; Matthew 4:21; Matthew 4:22; Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:45; Matthew 5:48; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6; Matthew 6:8; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:14; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 6:18; Matthew 6:26; Matthew 6:32; Matthew 7:11; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:21; Matthew 10:20; Matthew 10:21; Matthew 10:29; Matthew 10:32; Matthew 10:33; Matthew 10:35; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 11:25; Matthew 11:26; Matthew 11:27; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 13:43; Matthew 15:4; Matthew 15:5; Matthew 15:6; Matthew 15:13; Matthew 16:17; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 18:10; Matthew 18:14; Matthew 18:19; Matthew 18:35; Matthew 19:5; Matthew 19:19; Matthew 19:29; Matthew 20:23; Matthew 21:31; Matthew 23:9; Matthew 23:30; Matthew 23:32; Matthew 24:36; Matthew 25:34; Matthew 26:29; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42; Matthew 26:53; Matthew 28:19

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Matthew 2:22

22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
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Matthew 3:9

9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
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Matthew 4:21

21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
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Matthew 4:22

22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
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Matthew 5:16

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
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Matthew 5:45

45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
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Matthew 5:48

48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Matthew 6:1

1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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Matthew 6:4

4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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Matthew 6:6

6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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Matthew 6:8

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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Matthew 6:9

9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
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Matthew 6:14

14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Matthew 6:15

15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
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Matthew 6:18

18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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Matthew 6:26

26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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Matthew 6:32

32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
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Matthew 7:11

11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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Matthew 7:21

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 8:21

21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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Matthew 10:20

20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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Matthew 10:21

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
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Matthew 10:29

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
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Matthew 10:32

32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 10:33

33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 10:35

35 For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
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Matthew 10:37

37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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Matthew 11:25

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
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Matthew 11:26

26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
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Matthew 11:27

27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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Matthew 12:50

50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Matthew 13:43

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.
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Matthew 15:4

4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
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Matthew 15:5

5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
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Matthew 15:6

6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Matthew 15:13

13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
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Matthew 16:17

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 16:27

27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
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Matthew 18:10

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 18:14

14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
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Matthew 18:19

19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 18:35

35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
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Matthew 19:5

5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
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Matthew 19:19

19 honor your father and mother,’and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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Matthew 19:29

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wifeor children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
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Matthew 20:23

23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”
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Matthew 21:31

31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”“The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
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Matthew 23:9

9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
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Matthew 23:30

30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
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Matthew 23:32

32 Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!
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Matthew 24:36

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,but only the Father.
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Matthew 25:34

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
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Matthew 26:29

29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
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Matthew 26:39

39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
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Matthew 26:42

42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
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Matthew 26:53

53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
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Matthew 28:19

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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