As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every man child that first openeth the matrix, shall be called holy to the Lord":

and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.

I tell you, unless a man receives the Kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all."

but Symeon blessed them, and to his mother Mary he said, "This child is destined for the downfall as well as for the rise of many a one in Israel; destined to be a Sign for man's attack ??35 to bring out the secret aims of many a heart. And your own soul will be pierced by a spear."

as the child was advancing, the demon threw him down, into convulsions: but Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, cured the child, and delivered him to his father.

But they made signs to the child's father and asked him what he wished to have the child named.

When the period of purification of mother and child, enjoined by the Law of Moses, came to an end, his parents took the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that nurse children, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side,

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

And {they did not have} a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced {in years}.

And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"

to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,

Now [when he] came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.

But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

But he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and {everything I have belongs to you}.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.

And when the eighth day was come that the child should be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, which was named of the angel before he was conceived in the mother's womb.

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned home, the child Jesus bode still in Jerusalem, unknowing to his father and mother.

Then the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and so your child will be called holy, the Son of God.

So it was time for Elizabeth to bear a child, and she bore a son.

And Jesus said to him, "This day is health come unto this house, forasmuch as he also is become the child of Abraham.

Just at that time she came up and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.