Mark 10:14
But when Jesus saw this, he took offense, and he said to them: “Allow the little ones to come to me, and do not prohibit them. For of such as these is the kingdom of God.
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Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.
Deuteronomy 4:37For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his great power,
Joshua 8:35He left nothing untouched out of those things that Moses had ordered, and he repeated everything before the entire multitude of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the new arrivals who were staying among them.
1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “I will not go, until the infant has been weaned, and until I may lead him, so that he may appear before the sight of the Lord, and may remain always there.”
Psalms 78:4We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and mockery to those who are around us.
Psalms 131:1A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness,
Matthew Henry on Mark 10:14-17
Christ's Love to Little Children. 13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed… Read the whole commentary →