Luke 18:16
But Jesus, calling them together, said: “Allow the children to come to me, and do not be an obstacle to them. For of such is the kingdom of God.
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Genesis 21:4And he circumcised him on the eighth day, just as God had instructed him,
Deuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp, aside from those who cut wood, and those who bring water,
2 Chronicles 20:13Truly, all of Judah was standing before the Lord with their little ones and wives and children.
Matthew 18:3And he said: “Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.
1 Peter 2:2Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:16-18
Christ's Attention to Children. 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. This passage of story we had both in Matthew and Mark; it very fitly follows here after the story of the… Read the whole commentary →