'Child' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

“Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [those who actively seek right standing with God], for they will be [completely] satisfied.

“Blessed [comforted by inner peace and God’s love] are those who are persecuted for doing that which is morally right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].

and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, 'Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

They started laughing at Him, but He put them all outside. He took the child’s father, mother, and those who were with Him, and entered the place where the child was.

Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here.

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Then brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and put them to death.

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

Then she exclaimed with a loud cry:“You are the most blessed of women,and your child will be blessed!

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

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

and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no place for them in the guest quarters.

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 had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.

And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, 'Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'

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 having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;

So He took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"

"His father told him, "My child, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

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.

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.

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

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

While he was on his way, his servants met him and told him that his child was alive.

However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.

But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release him,

to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said,‘Why did the nations (Gentiles) become arrogant and rage,And the peoples devise futile things [against the Lord]?

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

At this time Moses was born--a wonderfully beautiful child; and for three months he was cared for in his father's house.

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God].

And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

according to his calling and not by actions), Rebecca was told, "The older child will serve the younger one."

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also.

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir because of what God did.

But the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, while the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.

For it is written, "Rejoice, thou barren woman that bearest not, break forth into a joyful cry, thou that dost not travail with child. For the desolate woman has many children--more indeed than she who has the husband."

But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.

and the proof of him ye know, that as a child serveth a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;