¹² To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

¹⁹ For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

⁷ An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

⁵ A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

¹ In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

² And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

³ And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁵ And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

³¹ And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

⁸ My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

⁹ For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

³² Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

³³ Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

³⁴ Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

⁷ He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

¹³ And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

¹⁴ And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

¹⁵ Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

²¹ My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

²⁴ He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

⁴ Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

²⁵ At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

²⁰ Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

⁵ And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

⁶ For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

⁷ It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

⁸ But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

⁹ And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

¹⁰ For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

² My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

³ And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

⁴ Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

¹ A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

¹⁶ The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

¹⁹ The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

⁶ If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

¹⁰ Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

²² But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

¹ My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

² For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

³ Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

⁵² And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

¹¹ Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

⁴ And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

¹⁴ But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

²⁶ He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

¹³ And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

²⁶ Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷ For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.

²⁸ There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

³ See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

⁹ <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.

² And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

¹¹ At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

¹² Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;

¹ My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

¹² For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

⁹ Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

¹⁵ The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

²¹ Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

¹¹ Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

¹ Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

³ And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁵ And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

⁶ But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

¹⁵ For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

¹ See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

¹⁴ And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

²⁰ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

¹² I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.

²² Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

²³ Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

²⁴ The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

⁸ If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

¹⁴ And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

¹ Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

² Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

³ So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

⁴ And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

⁴ And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

⁵ Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

⁶ Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

¹⁵ Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.

¹⁶ See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.

¹⁷ Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.

¹ Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

¹³ Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

³⁶ And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

³⁷ Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

³⁸ John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

¹⁵ Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.