¹⁶ But Jesus called them to him, saying, ^(A)“Let the children come to me, and ^(B)do not hinder them, ^(C)for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

³ and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you ^(A)turn and ^(B)become like children, you ^(C)will never enter the kingdom of heaven. ^4 (D)Whoever humbles himself like this child is the ^(E)greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ Brothers, ^(A)do not be children in your thinking. ^(B)Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be ^(C)mature.

¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. ^(A)Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

^2 (A)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^(B)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

^12 (A)Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,

³⁹ For ^(A)the promise is for you and ^(B)for your children and for all ^(C)who are far off, everyone ^(D)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

⁴ And Abraham ^(A)circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, ^(B)as God had commanded him.

¹¹ your little ones, your wives, and the ^(A)sojourner who is in your camp, from ^(B)the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

¹³ Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.