Luke 18:15

And they brought to him infants, that he might touch them: and his disciples saw them, and rebuked them.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, that this man went down to his house justified, rather than the Pharisee. For every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled; and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

16But Jesus called them, and said to them: Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of those that are like them, of such is the kingdom of heaven.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:13Then they brought children to him, that he might lay his hand upon them and pray. And his disciples rebuked them.

Luke 9:49And John answered, and said: Our Rabbi, we saw a man casting out demons in thy name; and we forbad him, because he doth not, with us, follow thee.

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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