New Testament Songs Index - Bible Songs for Kids

Looking for simple New Testament Bible songs for kids to use at home, church, Bible class, VBS, or Sunday school? You’re in the right place. This page is a complete index of New Testament Bible songs for children, organized in chronological Bible order to help kids learn about Jesus, the apostles, and the teachings of the New Testament through music.

These children’s Bible songs are set to familiar tunes kids already know and love — like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and The Wheels on the Bus — making them easy to learn, remember, and sing anywhere. That simplicity makes them perfect for busy families, Bible teachers, and parents who want meaningful ways to teach God’s Word.

Click the links below to jump to individual pages featuring New Testament Bible songs for kids, grouped by Bible character and time period to make lesson planning quick and easy.

It is my hope and prayer that you will use these songs to lead many little hearts to God!

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John the Baptist Songs

Baby John (At the Cross)
John the Baptist (Balaam)
Zechariah & Elizabeth (Are You Sleeping?)
John the Baptist Was Loud (Do Your Ears Hang Low?)
John the Baptist Preached (Wheels on the Bus)
Jesus Was Baptized (Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Baby Jesus Birth Songs

Away in a Manger
Baby Jesus (Jesus Loves Me)
Baby Jesus in a Manger (Are You Sleeping)
Baby Jesus Song (Are You Sleeping)
Gabriel (Yankee Doodle)
God’s Son is Born (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Here We Come to Bethlehem (Mulberry Bush)
Jesus Came (Jingle Bells)
Jesus Christ is Born (Farmer in the Dell)
Jesus, I Love You (Jingle Bells)
Jesus, Jesus Born Today (Twinkle Twnkle)
Jesus Was Born (London Bridge)
Joy to the World
Mary Had a Baby (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
See the Little Baby (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
Shepherds Came (Jingle Bells)
Silent Night
The Big Star (This Old Man)
The Wise Men Came (The Wise Man Built His House)
Twinkle Twinkle Great Big Star (Twinkle Twinkle)

Songs about Jesus as a Child

Growing More Like Jesus (Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross)
J-E-S-U-S (BINGO)
Jesus Building (Mulberry Bush)
Jesus Grew & Grew – Luke 2:52 (Farmer in the Dell)
Jesus Grew in Wisdom (London Bridge)
Jesus is the Children’s Friend (Jesus Loves Me)
Jesus in the Temple (Where is Thumbkin?)
Jesus Was a Child Like Me (Mulberry Bush)
Oh, How I Love Jesus (traditional hymn)
Where Has Our Little Son Gone? (Where, oh Where Has Our Little Dog Gone?)

Twelve Apostles Songs

The Twelve Disciples (Bringing in the Sheaves)
The Apostles Song (Jesus Loves Me)
The Twelve Apostles (Reuben, Reuben)
Fishers of Men (The Old Grey Mare)
Fishermen (This Old Man)
Great Fisherman (Farmer in the Dell)
Jesus Calls Matthew (I’ve Been Working on the Railroad)
Growing More Like Jesus (Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross)
The Transfiguration Song (Jesus Loves the Little Children)

Miracles of Healing Songs

Jesus Could Do Miracles (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Jesus Healed the Sick (Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Jesus Helped the Sick (Jesus Loves the Little Children)
The Blind Man (Jimmy Crack Corn)
The Paralyzed Man (Hush, Little Baby)
The 10 Lepers (10 Little Indians)
Healing the Lepers (Glory, Glory Hallelujah)
The Centurion’s Servant (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
A Centurion Came to Jesus (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
Lazarus is Alive (Reuben, Reuben)
When Lazarus Died (Jimmy Crack Corn)

Miracles with Water Songs

Water to Wine (Farmer in the Dell)
The Very First Miracle (London Bridges)
Jesus Stilled the Storm (10 Little Indians)
Peace, Be Still (3 Blind Mice)
The Wind Blew (Rise & Shine)
Calming the Storm (Mulberry Bush)
Jesus Calmed the Wind and Waves (London Bridge)
In a Boat Upon the Sea (Little Cabin in the Wood)
Jesus Walked on Water (10 Little Indians)
Walking on the Sea (Yankee Doodle)
Peter, James, & John in a Sailboat – Jesus Walks on Water Version (10 Little Indians)
Peter, James, & John in a Sailboat – Catch of Many Fish Version (10 Little Indians)

Miracles with Bread Songs

Jesus Could Do Miracles (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Jesus Fed 5,000 (Jesus Loves Me)
Five Loaves and Two Fishes (10 Little Indians)
Five Loaves and Two Fish (On Top of Old Smokey)
The Loaves & Fishes (London Bridges)
One Boy’s Lunch (Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Five Loaves of Bread & Two Small Fish (Jimmy Crack Corn)
Feeding of the 5000 (There’s a Hole in the Bucket)

Parables of Jesus Songs

The Parable of the Sower (Mulberry Bush)
A Sower Planted Seeds (Beverly Hillbillies)
The Sower (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
Give Me Oil in My Lamp (traditional)
Who is My Neighbor? (Beverly Hillbillies)
The Good Samaritan (Mulberry Bush)
The Good Samaritan (O Susanna)
The Good Samaritan Song (The Wheels on the Bus)
Baa, Baa, Little Lamb (Baa Baa Black Sheep)
The Lost Sheep (O Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone)
The Lost Sheep (This Old Man)
The Prodigal Son (Little Rabbit in the Woods)
Ten Little Coins (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock (traditional)
Wise Man Foolish Man (Ring Around Rosie)
House Built on a Rock (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
House Built on a Rock (Yankee Doodle)
I’ll Be Wise Like That (Beverly Hillbillies)
The Parable of the Rich Man (Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross)
Forgiveness Parable (Beverly Hillbillies)

Teachings of Jesus Songs

The Beatitudes (Mulberry Bush)
The Giving Song – Mt. 5:42 Song (Twinkle Twinkle)
Ask Him – Mt. 7:7 (When the Roll is Called Up Yonder)
I Am the Vine (hymn)
Little Ones (Brahms Lullaby)
This is My Commandment (hymn)

General Songs about Jesus

A-B-C Jesus Song (ABC Song)
I Have a Hero (Heavenly Sunlight)
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
Jesus Came to Seek and Save (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Loves You and Me
Jesus Loves the Little Children
Keep on Singing (London Bridge)
O How I Love Jesus
To Be Like Jesus (This Land is Your Land)
Jesus is Lord of Us All (It’s a Small World)

Final Week of Jesus Songs

Jesus Enters Jerusalem (Three Blind Mice)
Triumphal Entry (Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee)
Cleansing the Temple (Three Blind Mice)
Jesus Washed His Followers Feet (London Bridges)
Ankles, Arches, Souls, and Toes (Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes)
Life of Jesus (Where is Thumbkin)
Jesus Went to the Garden (The Bear Went Over the Mountain)
Are You Sleeping Andrew, Peter, James, and John? (Are You Sleeping)
Wicked Judas (Are You Sleeping)
The Last Week of Jesus (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)

Jesus on the Cross Songs

Did You Know that Jesus Died? (Do Re Mi)
God’s Gift (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Jesus Came to Earth (It’s a Small World)
Jesus Died for Me (Farmer in the Dell)
Jesus Died on Calvary (Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore)
The Crucifixion Song (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
The Old Rugged Cross (hymn)

Songs about the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

According to the Bible (Mulberry Bush)
Christ is Risen (Are You Sleeping?)
He Is Lord (traditional)
He’s Alive! (Are You Sleeping?)
J-E-S-U-S (BINGO)
Jesus Appears to Mary (Where O Where Has My Little Dog Gone)
Jesus Ascension Song (Love Lifted Me)
The Stone Rolled Away (Roll the Gospel Chariot)
Up From the Grave He Arose (hymn)

Acts Songs

The Acts Facts Song (The Farmer in the Dell)
Acts 1 | Jesus Ascension Song (Love Lifted Me)
Acts 2 | On the Day of Pentecost (If You’re Happy and You Know It)
Acts 2 | Repent & Be Baptized (The Farmer in the Dell)
Acts 3 |Silver and Gold Have I None/ Peter and John Went to Pray (traditional)
Acts 3 | Peter and John Went to the Gate (Mulberry Bush)
Acts 4 | They Had All Things in Common (She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain)
Acts 5 | In the Name of Jesus (Buffalo Gals)
Acts 7 | Stephen – Bible Heroes (Jesus Loves Me)
Acts 8 | Roll, Roll, Chariot Roll – Ethiopian Eunuch (Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Acts 8 | Philip and the Eunuch (Yankee Doodle)
Acts 9 | Saul Saw the Light (The Farmer in the Dell)
Acts 9 | Saul/Paul (This Old Man)
Acts 9 | Paul’s Conversion (Yankee Doodle)
Acts 10 | Go Preach, Peter (O Susanna)
Acts 10 | The Gospel is for All (hymn)
Acts 10 | Peter and Paul – The Church Grows (The Farmer in the Dell)
Acts 11 | The Church that Jesus Built (Michael Row Your Boat Ashore)
Acts 12 | Peter Rescued from Jail (Yankee Doodle)
Acts 12 | Rhoda and Peter (Who Did Swallow Jonah?)
Acts 13 | We’re Going on a Mission (Going on a Bear Hunt)
Acts 14 | Good Paul (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
Acts 16 | Send the Light (hymn)
Acts 16 | Lydia (BINGO)
Acts 16 | Into My Heart (traditional)
Acts 16 | The Philippian Jailer (Hear Me Now)
Acts 16 | What Must I Do to Be Saved? (Mulberry Bush)
Acts 17 | Old Time Religion (traditional)
Acts 20 | Eutychus (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Acts 20 | Eutychus (Mulberry Bush)
Acts 20 | Eutychus (Are You Sleeping?)
Acts 27 | Paul Sails to Rome (The Bear Went Over the Mountain)

Peter Songs

Peter Walking on the Water (Yankee Doodle)
Peter’s Mother in Law (Yankee Doodle)
Peter, James, & John in a Sailboat [Catch of Many Fish version] (10 Little Indians)
Peter, James, & John in a Sailboat [Jesus Walks on the Water version] (10 Little Indians)
Peter, Peter, Who Do People Say I Am? (Reuben, Reuben)
Peter, Peter, Do You Love Me? (Reuben, Reuben)
Acts 2:38 Song (Farmer in the Dell)
Peter & John Went to Pray (traditional)
Peter & John Went to the Gate (Mulberry Bush)
In the Name of Jesus (Buffalo Gals)
Go Preach, Peter (O Susanna)
Peter Rescued from Jail (Yankee Doodle)
Rhoda & Peter (Who Did Swallow Jonah?)
Peter & Paul: The Church Grows (The Farmer in the Dell)

Paul Songs

Peter and Paul – The Church Grows (The Farmer in the Dell)
Paul’s Conversion (Yankee Doodle)
Saul Saw the Light (The Farmer in the Dell)
Saul/Paul (This Old Man)
Good Paul (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
Paul: We’re Going on a Mission (Going on a Bear Hunt)
The Philippian Jailer (Hear Me Now)
Paul Sails to Rome (The Bear Went Over the Mountain)

Gospel Songs for Kids

Count Your Blessings (hymn)
The Gospel is for All (hymn)
Gospels Song (Jesus Loves Me)
Gospel Train (traditional)
I am a C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N (traditional)
Love, Love, Love, Love (hymn)
Pleasing Jesus (Jesus Loves the Little Children)
Praise the Father, Son, Spirit (Are You Sleeping?)
Roll the Gospel Chariot (traditional)
Sing a Song (Do-Re-Mi)
Teach Your Neighbor (Skip to the Lou)
This Little Light of Mine (traditional)
This is the Way We Worship God (Mulberry Bush)
When the Saints Go Marching In (traditional)

Songs from the Epistles

The Church That Jesus Built (Michael Row Your Boat Ashore)
Decently – 1 Cor. 14:40 Song (O Happy Day)
Elders and Deacons (Are You Sleeping?)
The Elders in the Church (Jesus Loves the Little Children)
Letters From Heaven (Muffin Man)
Our Faith is Like a Shell (Farmer in the Dell)
We Are All Joined in Christ (Edelweiss)

The Fruit of the Spirit Songs

The Fruit of the Spirit’s Not an Apple (If You’re Happy and You Know It)
Fruit of the Spirit Song (This Old Man)
I Can Show Fruit of the Spirit (God is So Good)
Love, Love, Love, Love (traditional hymn)
I’ve Got the Joy, Joy (traditional)
Peace Like a River (traditional)
Patience, Patience (Twinkle Tinkle)
I’m Patient Today (I’m Happy Today)
Be Kind (Yankee Doodle)
God is So Good (hymn)
Being Gentle (Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?)
Self-Control (Muffin Man)
If You’re Showing Self-Control (If You’re Happy and You Know It)
O Be Careful (If You’re Happy and You Know It)
Give Me Oil in My Lamp (traditional)

Bible Songs about Love

God is Love (hymn)
Love, Love, Love, Love (hymn)
I am So Glad That Jesus Loves Me (hymn)
His Banner over Me is Love (traditional)
Jesus Loves Me (traditional)
Jesus Loves the Little Children (traditional)
Jesus Loves the Little Ones Like Me (traditional)
Love Him, Love Him All Ye Little Children (hymn)
Love One Another/ Angry Words (hymn)
The More We Love Each Other (The More We Get Together)
This is My Commandment (hymn)

Joy Songs

Count Your Blessings (hymn)
Great Big Christian Smile (traditional)
I’ve Got the Joy, Joy (traditional)
I’m H-A-P-P-Y (traditional)
If You’re Happy and You Know It (traditional)
I’m Happy Today (hymn)
I’m Inright, Outright (traditional)
It Isn’t Any Trouble to S-M-I-L-E (If You’re Happy and You Know It)
J-O-Y: This is What it Means (Jingle Bells)
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (hymn)
Peace Like a River (traditional)
Rejoice in the Lord Always (traditional)
This is the Day (traditional)
Joy to the World (traditional)

Kindness Songs

Be Kind to Each Other (If You’re Happy and You Know It)
Be Kind (Yankee Doodle)
Be Kind to Everybody (He’s a Jolly Good Fellow)
Be Kind to One Another – Ephesians 4:32 Song (He’s a Jolly Good Fellow)
I’ll Be Kind to You (Farmer in the Dell)
Kindness (Are You Sleeping?)
Being Kind to Others (Bringing in the Sheaves)
Little Drops of Water (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
O We Must Be Kind (Blessed Be the Name)
Pass It On (Are your Sleeping?)

Teaching children the New Testament through music helps Scripture take root in their hearts in a lasting way. Whether you’re sharing these New Testament Bible songs for kids during family devotionals, Bible time, or church classes, I hope they encourage joyful learning and a deeper love for God’s Word. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back as new songs are added!

Q: Is there a page for Old Testament Bible Songs?

A: Yes! Jump over to the Old Testament Bible Songs Index to see 250 Bible songs from the Old Testament stories. Plus, there are more Christian Character songs coming soon!

DISCLAIMER: Songs posted on this page are, to the best of my knowledge, in the public domain, not copyrighted, or used with permission. These songs are being shared for the express purpose of enabling parents and Bible class teachers to teach children about God. These songs come from my memory or the memories of others who have shared them with me. Others come from small collections of Bible class songs written down or self-published for churches, gathered over many years in many places. Some of the lyrics and tunes may have been altered from their original. If you are aware of a copyright for a particular song or if you believe these lyrics are a violation of your copyright, please contact me at Amanda@maestramom.com and I will immediately remedy the situation either by assigning credit and linking appropriately or removing the songs from the site. All clipart graphics are from DS Art.

New Testament Songs Index – Bible Songs for Kids