The best Bible verses for breastfeeding include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for breastfeeding, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother."Luke 8:51
"When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother."Luke 8:51
"“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple."Luke 14:26
"But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was."Mark 5:40
"“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel"Mark 10:29
"will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life."Mark 10:30
"This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit."Matthew 1:18
"and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”"Matthew 2:20
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."Matthew 19:29
"The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother."Proverbs 29:15
"He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord."Psalms 113:9
"But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me."Psalms 131:2
"Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them."Deuteronomy 4:9
Scripture returns to breastfeeding often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for breastfeeding are Luke 8:51, Luke 14:26, Mark 5:40. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to breastfeeding across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for breastfeeding, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.