Luke 11:11-12
11What father among you, if his son asks for ▼▼Some manuscripts insert bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for
a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? Luke 15:21-22
21And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. bI am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ▼▼Some manuscripts add treat me as one of your hired servants
22But the father said to his servants, ▼▼Greek bondservants
‘Bring quickly ethe best robe, and put it on him, and put fa ring on his hand, and gshoes on his feet. John 20:17
17Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to hmy brothers and say to them, i‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to jmy God and your God.’”Hebrews 12:5-11
5And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?k“My son, ldo not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
6For mthe Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”
7It is for discipline that you have to endure. nGod is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8If you are left without discipline, oin which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to pthe Father of spirits qand live? 10For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, rthat we may share his holiness. 11 sFor the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields tthe peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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