Quotes About Family

Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.

The younger son said to him, ëFather, give me my share of the estate.í So he divided his property between them.

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

The son declared, ëFather, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.í

But the father said to his servants, ëQuick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!í So they began to celebrate.

Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

ëYour brother has returned,í he said, ëand your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.í

The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

But he answered his father, ëLook, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!í

ëThen I beg you, father,í he said, ësend Lazarus to my fatherís house,

You know the commandments: ëDo not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.í”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a manís brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brotherís widow and raise up offspring for him.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”