Luke 18:16
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.
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Genesis 21:4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Deuteronomy 29:11Your little ones, your wives, and your stranger that is in your camp, from the hewer of your wood unto the drawer of your water:
2 Chronicles 20:13And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Matthew 18:3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except all of you be converted, and become as little children, all of you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that all of 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 →