Bible Verses About Children

But Yeshua said, "Someone did touch me, because I felt power go out of me."

Seeing she could not escape notice, the woman, quaking with fear, threw herself down before him and confessed in front of everyone why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed.

He said to her, "My daughter, your trust has saved you; go in peace."

While Yeshua was still speaking, a man came from the synagogue president's house. "Your daughter has died," he said. "Don't bother the rabbi any more."

But on hearing this, Yeshua answered him, "Don't be afraid! Just go on trusting, and she will be made well."

When he arrived at the house, he didn't allow anyone to go in with him except Kefa, Yochanan, Ya`akov and the child's father and mother

All the people were wailing and mourning for her; but he said, "Don't weep; she hasn't died, she's sleeping."

They jeered at him, since they knew she had died.

But he took her by the hand, called out, "Little girl, get up!"

and her spirit returned. She stood up at once, and he directed that something be given her to eat.

Her parents were astounded, but he instructed them to tell no one what had happened.

Suddenly a man in the crowd shouted, “Rabbi! Look at my son, I beg you, because he’s my only child!

What happens is this: a spirit seizes him, and suddenly it lets out a shriek and throws him into convulsions with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty will it leave him. It’s destroying him!

I asked your talmidim to drive the spirit out, but they couldn’t.”

“Perverted people, without any trust!” Yeshua answered, “How long do I have to be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

Even as the boy was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground and threw him into a fit. But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

An argument arose among the talmidim as to which of them might be the greatest.

But Yeshua, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, took a child, stood him beside himself,

and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me. In other words, the one who is least among you all — this is the one who is great.”

People brought him babies to touch; but when the talmidim saw the people doing this, they rebuked them.

However, Yeshua called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me, and stop hindering them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

He went again to Kanah in the Galil, where he had turned the water into wine. An officer in the royal service was there; his son was ill in K’far-Nachum.

This man, on hearing that Yeshua had come from Y’hudah to the Galil, went and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

Yeshua answered, “Unless you people see signs and miracles, you simply will not trust!”

The officer said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”