Luke 18:15

And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

In Context

14I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather that the other: because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

16But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:24And after she had weaned him, she carried him with her, with three calves, and three bushels of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord in Silo. Now the child was as yet very young:

Matthew 19:13Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.

Luke 9:49And John, answering, said: Master, we saw a certain man casting out devils in thy name, and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:10-15

The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not… Read the whole commentary →

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