20 Bible Verses about Like Children

verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;'

verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

and said, 'Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

But Jesus said, 'Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, 'Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

for every one who is partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness -- for he is an infant,

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

And now, O Jehovah my God, Thou hast caused thy servant to reign instead of David my father; and I am a little child, I do not know to go out and to come in;

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I am a youth.'

Because Israel is a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.

'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

and as a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say it,) be ye enlarged -- also ye!