- A fool spurns his father’s correction,
but whoever heeds admonition is prudent. - Observe your father’s command, my son,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching. - Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
- The Lord watches over the stranger
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he blocks the way of the wicked. - Whoever denies the Son
does not have the Father,
but whoever acknowledges the Son
has the Father also. - I came from the Father
and have come into the world.
Now I am leaving the world
and returning to the Father. - No one has ever seen God.
It is the only Son, God,
who is at the Father’s side,
who has made him known. - I give them eternal life,
and they will never perish.
No one will ever snatch them from my hand.
My Father who has given them to me
is greater than all,
and no one can snatch them
out of the Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one. - Just as the living Father sent me
and I have life because of the Father,
so whoever feeds upon me will live because of me. - Jesus then said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
- To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- May the Lord, our God, be with us, just as he was with our fathers; may he not leave us or abandon us.
- When the Advocate comes
whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father,
he will testify on my behalf. - If you keep my commandments,
you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love. - You are from your father, the devil,
and you choose to carry out your father’s desires.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
and he does not abide by the truth,
for there is no truth in him.
When he lies,
he speaks in accord with his own nature,
for he is a liar
and the father of lies. - Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, it will be enough for us.”
- And the Word became flesh
and dwelt among us.
And we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth. - Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- In my Father’s house
there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you
that I am going to prepare a place for you? - Therefore, strive to be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Fear not, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.
- But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
- By this is my Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit
and become my disciples. - A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son gives grief to his mother.
“Peace be with you,” Jesus said to them again.
“As the Father has sent me,
so I send you.”Anyone who leads an honorable life walks in safety,
but whoever pursues wicked ways will be found out.