And since he did not have the means to repay the debt, his master commanded that he be sold along with his wife and children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) and everything he had, and that payment be made.
“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child (teknon | τέκνον | acc sg neut), and children (tekna | τέκνα | nom pl neut) will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
And some people brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, my son (teknon | τέκνον | voc sg neut); your sins are forgiven.”
If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children (teknois | τέκνοις | dat pl neut), how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
and do not presume you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut) to Abraham.
“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children (tekna | τέκνα | acc pl neut); she refused to be comforted, because they were no more.”
So, I wish younger widows to marry, to bear children (teknogonein | τεκνογονεῖν | pres act inf ), to manage their households, to give the Accuser no occasion for slander,
