And Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them,

Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is greater in the kingdom of Heaven.

Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, Behold, your father is sick; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.

And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face; but lo, God has also shown me your seed.

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them to him.

And he blessed Joseph, and said: God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me since I was born to this day,

Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it caused his eye to quiver; so he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head onto Manasseh's head.

But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of Jehovah at Shiloh: the child, the boy.

Jehovah shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

You are blessed by Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for the good of their children after them.

And they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, Far be it from You, Lord; this shall never be to You!

And the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!

And John answered and said, Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.

But Jesus said to him, Do not forbid him, for whoever is not against us is for us.

And when His disciples Jacob and John saw this, they said, Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from Heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?

But He turned and rebuked them, and said, You do not know what sort of spirit you are of.