'Child' in the Bible

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

She exclaimed with a loud voice, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.

While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

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 became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said, "Child, get up."

Then a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son -- he is my only child!

But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great."

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."