Luke 18:16

But 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.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

In Context

15And they brought to him infants, that he might touch them: and his disciples saw them, and rebuked them.

17Verily I say to you, That he who shall not receive the kingdom of God, as a little child, will not enter it.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:3and said: Verily I say to you, that unless ye be converted, and become like children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

1 Corinthians 7:14For the husband who believeth not, is sanctified by the wife that believeth; and the wife who believeth not, is sanctified by the husband that believeth: otherwise their children would be impure; but now are they pure.

1 Peter 2:2And be like infant children; and crave the word, as being the pure spiritual milk by which ye are nourished up to life;

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:16-18

Christ's Attention to Children. 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. This passage of story we had both in Matthew and Mark; it very fitly follows here after the story of the… Read the whole commentary →

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