Família

15 But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship — the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living?  * As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord."

15 But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship — the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living?  * As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord."

31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and your household."  *

57 May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us  *

6 Start a youth out on his way;  *

even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

6 Start a youth out on his way;  *

even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

Avoid the Path of the Violent

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,  *

9 for they will be a garland  * of favor on your head

and pendants  * around your neck.  *

Warning against Adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s command,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.  *

6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.  *7 Repeat them to your children.  * Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.  *7 Repeat them to your children.  * Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger  * in your children, but bring them up in the training  * and instruction of the Lord.

4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger  * in your children, but bring them up in the training  * and instruction of the Lord.

Children and Parents

1 Children, obey  * your parents in the Lord, because this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

12 Honor your father and your mother  * so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

12 Honor your father and your mother  * so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

19 honor your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as yourself.*,*

The Question of Divorce

1 When Jesus had finished saying these things,  * he departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.  *2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.  *3 Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds? "  *

4 "Haven’t you read," he replied, "that he who created*them in the beginning made them male and female,*,*5 and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?*,*6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate."

7 "Why then," they asked him, "did Moses command us to give divorce papers  * and to send her away? "

8 He told them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.9 I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery."*,*

10 His disciples  * said to him, "If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry."

11 He responded, "Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given.*12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it."

Blessing the Children

13 Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.  *14 Jesus said, "Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."*,*15 After placing his hands on them, he went on from there.

The Rich Young Ruler

16 Just then someone came up and asked him,  * "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life? "  *

17 "Why do you ask me about what is good? "* he said to him. "There is only one who is good.*If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."*

18 "Which ones? " he asked him.

Jesus answered: Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness;*19 honor your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as yourself.*,*

20 "I have kept all these,"  * the young man told him. "What do I still lack? "

21 "If you want to be perfect,"* Jesus said to him, "go, sell your belongings and give to the poor,*and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

22 When the young man heard that, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

Possessions and the Kingdom

23 Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.*24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."*

25 When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, "Then who can be saved? "

26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."*

27 Then Peter responded to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you. So what will there be for us? "

28 Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things,*when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne,*you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother*or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.*30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.*

32 And be kind  * and compassionate  * to one another, forgiving  * one another, just as God also forgave you  * in Christ.

33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

20 If anyone says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother or sister,  * he is a liar.  * For the person who does not love his brother or sister  * whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.  *

8 But if anyone does not provide  * for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith  * and is worse than an unbeliever.

8 But if anyone does not provide  * for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith  * and is worse than an unbeliever.

4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Divisions at Corinth

10 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.

3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the  Lord,

offspring, a reward.  *

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior

are the sons born in one’s youth.  *

5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.  *

They will never be put to shame

when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.  *

17 But from eternity to eternity

the  Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,

and his righteousness toward the grandchildren  *

18 of those who keep his covenant,

who remember to observe his precepts.  *

17 But from eternity to eternity

the  Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,

and his righteousness toward the grandchildren  *

18 of those who keep his covenant,

who remember to observe his precepts.  *

Living in Harmony

1 How delightfully good

when brothers live together in harmony!  *

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,

and the pride of children is their fathers.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,

and the pride of children is their fathers.

17 A friend loves at all times,  *

and a brother is born for a difficult time.

24 One with many friends may be harmed,  *

but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.  *

10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,  *

and don’t go to your brother’s house

in your time of calamity;

better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.  *

15 My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart will indeed rejoice.  *

24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,

and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.  *

A Collection of Solomon’s Proverbs

1 Solomon’s proverbs:  *

A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.  *

27 Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field;  *

afterward, build your house.

27 The one who profits dishonestly  * troubles his household,

but the one who hates bribes will live.  *

29 The one who brings ruin on his household  *

will inherit the wind,  *

and a fool will be a slave

to someone whose heart is wise.

24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.  *

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,  * and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth."

9 Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting  * life,  * which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle  * under the sun.

6 But from the beginning*of creation*God*made them male and female.*,*7 For this reason a man will leave*his father and mother*8 and the two will become one flesh.*,*So they are no longer two, but one flesh.9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."*

13 If you then, who are evil,*know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father*give the Holy Spirit*to those who ask him? "

15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child,

or lack compassion for the child of her womb?

Even if these forget,

yet I will not forget you.

16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;  *

your walls are continually before me.

2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.  * We know that when he appears,  * we will be like him  * because we will see him as he is.  *3 And everyone who has this hope  * in him purifies himself just as he is pure.  *