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Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
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But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
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But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—
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then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.
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If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered.
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Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
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You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel
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“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
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And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
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“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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The Day and Hour Unknown
“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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“Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
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The Crucifixion of Jesus
A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
