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Bible Verses About Family

Bible verses on family — parents, children, household faith, blessings.

8 verses · curated by hand

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More verses about family in Scripture

1,669 passages mentioning “father” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. Matthew 18:19

    “Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.”

  2. Matthew 18:35

    “So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.””

  3. Matthew 19:5

    “and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’”

  4. Matthew 19:19

    “‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’””

  5. Matthew 19:29

    “Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.”

  6. Matthew 20:23

    “He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.””

  7. Matthew 21:31

    “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.”

  8. Matthew 23:9

    “Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.”

  9. Matthew 23:30

    “and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’”

  10. Matthew 23:32

    “Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.”

  11. Matthew 24:36

    “But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”

  12. Matthew 25:34

    “Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;”

  13. Matthew 26:29

    “But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.””

  14. Matthew 26:39

    “He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.””

  15. Matthew 26:42

    “Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.””

  16. Matthew 26:53

    “Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?”

  17. Matthew 28:19

    “Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

  18. Mark 1:20

    “Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.”

  19. Mark 5:40

    “They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.”

  20. Mark 7:10

    “For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’”

Frequently asked

Questions about family in the Bible

What does the Bible say about family?
Ephesians 5-6 lays out family relationships — spouses, parents, children. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 calls parents to talk about God's commands "when you sit at home, when you walk, when you lie down, when you get up." Family is the first place faith is taught.
Which Bible verse is best for family?
Joshua 24:15 ("As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord"), Proverbs 22:6, and Psalm 127:1 are the three most-shared verses on household faith.
What does the Bible say about parents?
Proverbs 22:6 commands training a child in the right way. Ephesians 6:4 calls fathers not to provoke their children. Exodus 20:12 — the fifth commandment — calls children to honour their father and mother.