Scriptures About Children
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. KJV
Genesis 15:1-6
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision,
saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great
reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go
childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one
born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall
not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and
count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall
your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for
righteousness.
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Genesis 17:1-11
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and
said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you
exceedingly.”
3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father
of many nations.
5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be
Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you,
and kings shall come from you.
7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your
descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be
God to you and your descendants after you.
8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which
you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I
will be their God.”
9 And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you
and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
10 This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your
descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised;
11 and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it
shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.”
NKJV
Genesis 17:15-21
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from
her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart,
“Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah,
who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
19 Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you
shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and
will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget
twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to
you at this set time next year.”
NKJV
Genesis 18:9-15
9 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?”
So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of
life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had
passed the age of childbearing.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown
old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I
surely bear a child, since I am old?’
14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will
return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid.
And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”
NKJV
Genesis 21:1-7
1 And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah
as He had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set
time of which God had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him — whom
Sarah bore to him — Isaac.
4 Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as
God had commanded him.
5 Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to
him.
6 And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh
with me.”
7 She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse
children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
NKJV
Genesis 22:17-18
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the
sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed My voice.
KJV
Exodus 2:1-10
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter
of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein;
and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river;
and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark
among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'
children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to
thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called
the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse
it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and
nursed it.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and
he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew
him out of the water.
KJV
Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father
and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your
God is giving you.” NKJV
Deuteronomy 4:10 Gather me the
people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to
fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may
teach their children. KJV
Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his
commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and
with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the
earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, forever. KJV
Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there
were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my
commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children
forever! KJV
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy
gates.
KJV
Deuteronomy 11:19-21 You shall
teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when
you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall
write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and
the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore
to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
NKJV
Deuteronomy 12:28 Observe and
obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and your
children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of
the Lord your God. NKJV
Deuteronomy 33:24 And of Asher he
said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his
brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. KJV
Judges 13:24 And the woman bare a
son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
KJV
Ruth 4:13-17
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto
her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not
left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of
thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to
thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it.
17 And the women her neighbors gave him a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the
father of David.
KJV
1 Samuel 1:20 So it came to pass
in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his
name Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.” NKJV
1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I
prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of Him. KJV
1 Samuel 2:18 But Samuel
ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. KJV
1 Samuel 2:21 And the Lord
visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters.
And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. KJV
1 Samuel 2:26 And the child
Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. KJV
1 Kings 17:21-23
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto
the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into
him again.
22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber
into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy
son liveth.
KJV
2 Kings 4:32-37
32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid upon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed
unto the Lord.
34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his
mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he
stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up,
and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the
child opened his eyes.
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called
her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground, and took up her son, and went out.
KJV
Job 5:25 Thou shalt know also
that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
KJV
Psalms 78:5-6
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to
their children.
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which
should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children.
KJV
Psalms 103:13-14 The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and
compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; He remembers
we are only dust. NLT
Psalms 103:17 But the mercy of
the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his
righteousness unto children's children. KJV
Psalms 113:9 He maketh the barren
woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
KJV
Psalms 115:14 The Lord shall
increase you more and more, you and your children. KJV
Psalms 127:3-5
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is
his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be
ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
KJV
Psalms 128:3-6
3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.
5 The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
6 Yes, may you see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel!
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Psalms 131:2 Surely I have
behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is
even as a weaned child. KJV
Psalms 132:12 If thy children
will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children
shall also sit upon thy throne forevermore. KJV
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth
an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid
up for the just. KJV
Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the
Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. KJV
Proverbs 17:6 Children's children
are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. KJV
Proverbs 20:7 The just man
walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. KJV
Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is
known by his deeds, whether what he does is pure and right. NKJV
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in
the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. KJV
Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is
bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far
from him. KJV
Proverbs 23:24-25
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a
wise child will delight in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you
rejoice.
NKJV
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and rebuke
give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. NKJV
Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise
up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. KJV
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is
born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And
His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. NKJV
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water
upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit
upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring. KJV
Isaiah 49:25 Even the captives of
the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; for
I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
NKJV
Isaiah 54:1-8
1 “Sing, O barren, you who have not borne!
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
You who have not labored with child!
For more are the children of the desolate
Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.
3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
4 “Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5 For your Maker is your husband,
The Lord of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called the God of the whole earth.
6 For the Lord has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,” says your God.
7 “For a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies I will gather you.
8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
NKJV
Isaiah 54:13 And all thy children
shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. KJV
Jeremiah 1:4-10
4 Then the Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I
sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”
7 But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you shall go
to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,”
says the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord
said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to
plant.”
NKJV
Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give
them one heart, and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of
them, and of their children after them. KJV
Joel 2:28-29
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will
I pour out My Spirit.
KJV
Malachi 4:6a And He shall turn
the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to
their fathers. KJV
Matthew 1:18-25
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary
was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of
the Holy Spirit.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make
her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to
take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
Spirit.
21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus,
for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they
shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him and took to him his wife,
25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son.
And he called His name Jesus.
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Matthew 18:2-5
2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them,
3 and said, Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become
as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest
in the kingdom of heaven.
5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.
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Matthew 18:6-7 Whoever causes one
of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a
millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the
sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to
that man by whom the offense comes! NKJV
Matthew 19:13-14 Then little
children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but
the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to
Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” NKJV
Mark 3:17 James the son of
Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that
is, “Sons of Thunder”. NKJV
Mark 10:15-16 Assuredly, I say to
you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no
means enter it. And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and
blessed them. NKJV
Luke 1:26-38
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of
Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David. The virgin's name was Mary.
28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored
one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered
what manner of greeting this was.
30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have
found favor with God.
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and
shall call His name Jesus.
32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the
Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom
there will be no end.”
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a
man?”
35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come
upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also,
that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her
old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me
according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
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Luke 1:39-45
39 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with
haste, to a city of Judah,
40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the
babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among
women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come
to me?
44 For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears,
the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those
things which were told her from the Lord.”
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Luke 1:57-58
57 Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she
brought forth a son.
58 When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great
mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.
NKJV
Luke 1:59-66
59 So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child;
and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.
60 His mother answered and said, “No; he shall be called John.”
61 But they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is
called by this name.”
62 So they made signs to his father — what he would have him called.
63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, “His name is
John.” So they all marveled.
64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke,
praising God.
65 Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings
were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea.
66 And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What
kind of child will this be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him.
NKJV
Luke 1:67-80
67 Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and
prophesied, saying:
68 “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed
His people,
69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His
servant David,
70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since
the world began,
71 That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who
hate us,
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy
covenant,
73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
76 “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you
will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of
their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on
high has visited us;
79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts
till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
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Luke 2:1-20
1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar
Augustus that all the world should be registered.
2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the
house and lineage of David,
5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her
to be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling
cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the
inn.
8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
10 Then the angel said to them,
“Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will
be to all people.
11 For there is born to you this
day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in
swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God and saying:
14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward
men!”
15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that
the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this
thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”
16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe
lying in a manger.
17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which
was told them concerning this Child.
18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told
them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
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Luke 2:21-35
21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child,
His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived
in the womb.
22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses
were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the
womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the
Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and
this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the
Holy Spirit was upon him.
26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not
see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents
brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,
28 he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said:
29 “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to
Your word;
30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation
31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,
32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your
people Israel.”
33 And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken
of Him.
34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this
Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign
which will be spoken against
35 (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
NKJV
Luke 2:39-40
39 When they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord,
they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
40 And the Child (Jesus) grew and became strong in spirit, filled with
wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
NKJV
Luke 9:38-42
38 Suddenly a man from the multitude cried out, saying, “Teacher, I
implore You, look on my son, for he is my only child.
39 And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it
convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and it departs from him with great
difficulty, bruising him.
40 So I implored Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”
41 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
42 And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed
him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back
to his father.
NKJV
John 1:12-13 But as many as
received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who
believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God. NKJV
Acts 2:17-18
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
NKJV
Acts 2:38-39
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that
are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
KJV
Acts 4:30 By stretching forth
thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy
holy child Jesus. KJV
Acts 16:31 So they said, “Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” NKJV
Romans 4:17-22
17 As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was
appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life
to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and
promised] as if they [already] existed.
18 [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that
he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So
[numberless] shall your descendants be.
19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence
of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years
old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened] womb.
20 No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question)
concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as
he gave praise and glory to God,
21 Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His
word and to do what He had promised.
22 That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right
standing with God).
AMP
Romans 8:14-17
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of
God.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you
received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children
of God,
17 and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs with
Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
NKJV
Romans 8:19 For the earnest
expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
NKJV
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a
child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but
when I became a man, I put away childish things. KJV
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
17 Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
18 I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.” NKJV
Galatians 4:4-7
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son,
born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son
into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an
heir of God through Christ.
NKJV
Ephesians 6:1-4
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with
promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
KJV
Colossians 3:20-21
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing
unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be
discouraged.
KJV
1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I
desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no
opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully. NKJV
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from
childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise
for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. NKJV
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Sarah
herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she
was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. NKJV
Hebrews 12:7-11
7 As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating
you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by
its father?
8 If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means
that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't
we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live
forever?
10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the
best they knew how. But God's discipline is always good for us, so that we
might share in his holiness.
11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it's painful! But
afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are
trained in this way.
NLT
1 John 3:1-2
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because
it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what
we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for
we shall see him as he is.
KJV
