'Children' in the Bible

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

"A voice was heard in Ramah: wailing and great mourning. Rachel was crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because they no longer existed."

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

"How blessed are those who make peace, because it is they who will be called God's children!

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

"Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.

"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

Now those who had eaten were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.

Now those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.

Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became furious

"Teacher, Moses said, "If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for his brother.'

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and our children!"

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

Some people were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

When Jesus saw this, he became furious and told them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

Then after he had hugged the children, he tenderly blessed them as he laid his hands on them.

The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

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

There were seven brothers. The first one married and died without having children.

Then the second married her and died without having children, and so did the third.

None of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died, too.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

They had no children because Elizabeth was barren and because both of them were getting old.

He is the one who will go before the Lord with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare the people to be ready for the Lord."

John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

They're like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other, "A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

Wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Suppose he answers from inside, "Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom. I can't get up and give you anything!'

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who keep asking him!"

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

Jesus, however, called for the children and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

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 the third married her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

Nor can they die anymore, because they are like the angels and, since they share in the resurrection, are God's children.

But Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop crying for me. Instead, cry for yourselves and for your children,

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did. But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.

You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."

and not only for the nation, but that he would also gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

Jesus asked them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They answered him, "No."

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

For we live, move, and exist because of him, as some of your own poets have said: ""Since we are his children, too.'

So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,

But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the gentiles to forsake the Law of Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.

His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,

For all who are led by God's Spirit are God's children.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

Now if we are children, we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with the Messiah if, in fact, we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

For the creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of God's children,

that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God's children.

That is, it is not merely the children born through natural descent who were regarded as God's children, but it is the children born through the promise who were regarded as descendants.

Yet before their children had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's plan of election might continue to operate

In the very place where it was told them, "You are not my people,' they will be called children of the living God."

I'm not writing this to make you feel ashamed, but to warn you as my dear children.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified because of her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Do us a favor I ask you as my children and open wide your hearts.

Now I'm ready to visit you for a third time, and I will not bother you for help. I do not want your things, but rather you yourselves. Children should not have to support their parents, but parents their children.

For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.

in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children.

Now because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to cry out, "Abba! Father!"

My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until the Messiah is formed in you.

This is being said as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. The one woman, Hagar, is from Mount Sinai, and her children are born into slavery.

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery along with her children.

For it is written, "Rejoice, you childless woman, who cannot give birth to any children! Break into song and shout, you who feel no pains of childbirth! For the children of the deserted woman are more numerous than the children of the woman who has a husband."

So you, brothers, are children of the promise, like Isaac.

So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

So be imitators of God, as his dear children.

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up by training and instructing them about the Lord.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Fathers, do not make your children resentful. Otherwise, they'll become discouraged.

even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

He must manage his own family well and have children who are submissive and respectful in every way.

Ministers must be husbands of one wife and must manage their children and their families well.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.