'Child' in the Bible

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

It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"

Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."