11 Bible Verses about Dealing With Young People

"and whoever receives one such child for my sake, receives me.

Then Jesus took a little child, set it among them, and folding it in his arms, he said,

And Jesus who knew the dispute that was in their hearts, took a young child, and placed him by his side;

"But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung about his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.

"And if any one shall cause one of these little ones who believe on me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown out into the sea with a great millstone about his neck.

"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

"See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

"Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

On the contrary I showed myself among you as gentle as a mother, when she tenderly nurses her own children.

Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

the older women as mothers, the younger women as sisters in all purity.