'Child' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.

After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.”

So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.

“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,

Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me;

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was.

Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.

Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

“Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and leaves no child, his brother should marry the wife and raise up children to his brother.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.

All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;

And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.

When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—

The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

He, however, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Child, arise!”

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”

And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;

The royal official *said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had no child, He promised that He would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,

But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment,

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.

and she was with child; and she *cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.