and said, &#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> unless you turn around and become like little children,<n id="2" /> you will never<n id="3" /> enter the kingdom of heaven!

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray.<n id="1" /> But the disciples scolded those who brought them.<n id="2" />

Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, &#8220;<i>Talitha koumi>,&#8221; which means, &#8220;Little girl, I say to you, get up.&#8221;

She answered, &#8220;Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children&#8217;s crumbs.&#8221;

She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.p>

I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> whoever does not receive<n id="2" /> the kingdom of God like a child<n id="3" /> will never<n id="4" /> enter it.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">On<n id="1" /> the eighth day<n id="2" /> they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name<n id="3" /> him Zechariah after his father.

<p class="bodytext">And the child kept growing<n id="1" /> and becoming strong<n id="2" /> in spirit, and he was in the wilderness<n id="3" /> until the day he was revealed<n id="4" /> to Israel.p>

I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> whoever does not receive<n id="2" /> the kingdom of God like a child<n id="3" /> will never<n id="4" /> enter it.&#8221;p>

Again he says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I will be confident in him,&#8221; and again, &#8220;<i><b>Here I amb>,i><n id="2" /> <b><i>withi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>the children God has given mei>b>.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him<n id="1" /> for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king&#8217;s edict.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists<n id="1" /> have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After they had gone, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, &#8220;Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod<n id="3" /> is going to look for the child to kill him.&#8221;

He<n id="1" /> sent them to Bethlehem and said, &#8220;Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.&#8221;

After listening to the king they left, and once again<n id="1" /> the star they saw when it rose<n id="2" /> led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down<n id="1" /> and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense,<n id="2" /> and myrrh.<n id="3" />

But Jesus said, &#8220;Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.&#8221;<n id="1" />

&#8220;Whoever welcomes<n id="1" /> one of these little children<n id="2" /> in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.&#8221;p>

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, &#8220;Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.<n id="1" />