Luke 18:16
Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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Genesis 21:4Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Deuteronomy 29:11your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;
2 Chronicles 20:13All Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Matthew 18:3and said, "Truly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
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 →