Some people brought infants to Jesus to have him hold them. When the disciples saw this, they told the people not to do that.
But Jesus called the infants to him and said, “Don’t stop the children from coming to me! Children like these are part of God’s kingdom.
James and John, his disciples, saw this. They asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?”
As soon as she had weaned Samuel, she took him with her. She also brought a three-year-old bull, half a bushel of flour, and a full wineskin. She brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh while the boy was ⌞still⌟ a child.
Then the parents butchered the bull and brought the child to Eli.