Matthew 19:13
The people brought little children to him so he could bless them and pray for them. But the disciples told them not to.
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Genesis 48:1Sometime after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So Joseph went to see him, taking with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
1 Samuel 1:24When she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a wineskin containing wine. Even though the boy was young, she brought him to the Lord's Temple at Shiloh.
Jeremiah 32:39I will make sure they think the same way and act in harmony, so that they will always honor me so all will be good for them and their descendants.
Matthew 18:2Jesus called over a small child. He had the child stand in front of them.
Mark 10:13Some people brought their children to Jesus so that he could bless them, but the disciples told them off and tried to keep the children away from Jesus.
Luke 9:54When James and John saw this, they asked Jesus, “Master, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to burn them up?”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →