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Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and the children shouting in the temple,” Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant

and said to him, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

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

He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me.

The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children,

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.

He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High.

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:

Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to me,

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

They will crush you and your children among you to the ground,