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Matthew 18:3
“ Truly I tell you,” he said,“ unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Luke 18:16-17
Jesus, however, invited them:“ Let the little children come to me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
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1 Corinthians 14 20
Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
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1 Peter 2 1-1 Peter 2 2
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,
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Genesis 21:4
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
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1 Samuel 1 24
When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull, half a bushel of flour, and a clay jar of wine. Though the boy was still young, she took him to the LORD’s house at Shiloh.
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1 Samuel 1 11
Making a vow, she pleaded,“ LORD of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”
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Genesis 17:7-8
I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing— all the land of Canaan— as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.”
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1 Samuel 1 22
Hannah did not go and explained to her husband,“ After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the LORD’s presence and to stay there permanently.”
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Judges 13:7
He said to me,‘ You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.’”
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Mark 10:14
When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them,“ Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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1 Samuel 2 18
Samuel served in the LORD’s presence— this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.
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Genesis 17:24-26
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.On that very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.