Matthew 19:13

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

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In The King James Version

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

In Context

12For there are eunuchs who were that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this teaching, let him receive it.”

14But Jesus said, “Permit the little children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such ones.”

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Cross References

Genesis 48:1It came about after these things, that one said to Joseph, “Look, your father is sick.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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.

Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way to honor me every day so it will be good for them and their descendants after them.

Matthew 18:2Jesus called to himself a little child, set him among them,

Mark 10:13Then they brought their little children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

Luke 9:54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them?”

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 →

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