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Luke 18:16

and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

Young's Literal Translation

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 were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

17verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

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Cross References

Genesis 21:4and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

Deuteronomy 29:11your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who [is] in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water —

2 Chronicles 20:13And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.

Matthew 18:3and said, 'Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

1 Corinthians 7:14for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

1 Peter 2:2as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

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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