Luk 12:30, 32, Joh 20:17, 2Cor 6:18, Col 1:2, 1Jo 3:1 | ESV | STEP | For all the nations of the world seek after these things , and your Father knows that you need them .

Luke 12:30

30 For ^aall the nations of the world seek after these things, and ^byour Father knows that you need them.

Luke 12:32

32 ^c“Fear not, little ^dflock, for ^eit is your Father’s good pleasure to give you ^fthe kingdom.

John 20:17

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^gmy brothers and say to them, ^h‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to ⁱmy God and your God.’”

2 Corinthians 6:18

18 ^jand I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”

Colossians 1:2

2 To the ^ksaints and faithful brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} in Christ at Colossae:

^mGrace to you and peace from God our Father.

1 John 3:1

1 See ⁿwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^ochildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^pthe world does not know us is that ^qit did not know him.