¹⁶ But Jesus called for them and said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.

³ and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.^{(A) 4} Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.^(A)

¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through the brother.^[a] Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.^(A)

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

¹² Assemble the people—men, women, and children, as well as the aliens residing in your towns—so that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God and to observe diligently all the words of this law^(A)

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

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

¹¹ your children, your women, and the aliens who are in your camp, both those who cut your wood and those who draw your water^(A)—

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