Herod Kills the Children

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”

And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Let the Children Come to Me

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people,

but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant,

saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Lament over Jerusalem

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”