When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
Matthew 19:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Jesus said, ‘Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’ , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He said, Leave the children alone! Allow the little ones to come to Me, and do not forbid or restrain or hinder them, for of such [as these] is the kingdom of heaven composed. American Standard Version (1901) But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven. Common English Bible “Allow the children to come to me,” Jesus said. “Don’t forbid them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these children.” Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Jesus said to them: "Allow the little children to come to me, and do not choose to prohibit them. For the kingdom of heaven is among such as these." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such. |
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
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.
‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
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.
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive , the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’
Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
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.” ’
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.’ ,
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.’
When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull, twenty-two litres of flour, and a clay jar of wine. Though the boy was still young, she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.
Samuel served in the Lord’s presence #– #this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.