Family Verses
God's design for family — love, honor, and commitment that reflect His covenant love.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to {our} father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. {worthy of: or, meet for}
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; {in expectation: or, in suspense} {mused: or, reasoned, or, debated}
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was {the son} of Heli,
Which was {the son} of Matthat, which was {the son} of Levi, which was {the son} of Melchi, which was {the son} of Janna, which was {the son} of Joseph,
Which was {the son} of Mattathias, which was {the son} of Amos, which was {the son} of Naum, which was {the son} of Esli, which was {the son} of Nagge,
Which was {the son} of Maath, which was {the son} of Mattathias, which was {the son} of Semei, which was {the son} of Joseph, which was {the son} of Juda,
Which was {the son} of Joanna, which was {the son} of Rhesa, which was {the son} of Zorobabel, which was {the son} of Salathiel, which was {the son} of Neri,
Which was {the son} of Melchi, which was {the son} of Addi, which was {the son} of Cosam, which was {the son} of Elmodam, which was {the son} of Er,
Which was {the son} of Jose, which was {the son} of Eliezer, which was {the son} of Jorim, which was {the son} of Matthat, which was {the son} of Levi,