Luke 18:15

The people were also bringing to him their infants so that he might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

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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 back down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”

16But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them. For the kingdom of God belongs to such ones.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:24When she had weaned him, she took him with her, along with a three-year-old bull, + 1:24 Some translations of the Hebrew text have three bulls instead of a three-year-old bull . one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh. Now the child was still young.

Matthew 19:13Then some little children were brought to him so that he would lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

Luke 9:49John answered, “Master, we saw someone forcing out demons in your name and we prevented him, because he does not follow along 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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