¹⁶ Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.

³ Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴ So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

²⁰ Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.

¹⁴ For the believing wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the believing husband^[a] brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not be holy, but now they are holy.

² Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,

¹² Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.

³⁹ This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away^[a]—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”

⁴ Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

¹¹ Your little ones and your wives are with you, as well as the foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water.

¹³ As all the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, wives, and children,