When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, ¹  I set aside childish ways.

saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

He called a child, had him stand among them,

Indeed ¹  I am composed and quiet, ²  like a young child carried by its mother; ³  I am content like the young child I carry. ⁴ 

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, “While the child was still alive he would not listen to us ¹  when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!” ² 

And whoever welcomes ¹  a child like this in my name welcomes me.

A baby ¹  will play over the hole of a snake; ²  over the nest ³  of a serpent an infant ⁴  will put his hand. ⁵ 

He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

But Jesus ¹  gently took her by the hand and said, ²  “Child, get up.”

He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ¹  ‘Perhaps ²  the Lord will show pity and the child will live.

A rod and reproof ¹  impart ²  wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained ³  brings shame ⁴  to his mother. ⁵ 

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them. ¹ 

Then he got up, took the child and his mother during ¹  the night, and went to Egypt.

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

When ¹  they saw him, ²  they related what they had been told ³  about this child,

And the child grew and became strong, ¹  filled with wisdom, ²  and the favor ³  of God ⁴  was upon him.

But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, ¹  he took a child, had him stand by ²  his side,

“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

“You must not afflict ¹  any widow or orphan.