If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if {he ask} a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

But the mercy of the LORD {is} from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

{Is} Ephraim my dear son? {is he} a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. {are...: Heb. sound}

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son {in whom} he delighteth.

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim {is} my firstborn. {supplications: or, favours}

The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where {is} thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? {the sounding: or, the multitude}

For as the heaven is high above the earth, {so} great is his mercy toward them that fear him. {as...: Heb. according to the height of the heaven}

All these cities {were} fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and {to} my God, and your God.

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Men {and} brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. {that...: Heb. from having compassion}

[A Song of degrees.] Blessed {is} every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son {in whom} he delighteth.

Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

Finally, {be ye} all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, {be} pitiful, {be} courteous: {love as: or, loving to the}

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who {is devoted} to thy fear.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

{Is} Ephraim my dear son? {is he} a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. {are...: Heb. sound}

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust {it} into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. {smoking: or, dimly burning} {quench: Heb. quench it}

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, {Deal} gently for my sake with the young man, {even} with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

{So that} the man {that is} tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I {am} weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. {new cloth: or, raw, or, unwrought cloth}

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise {and} eat; because the journey {is} too great for thee.