But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Allow these little children to come to me and stop trying to prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these [i.e., humble ones. See Matt. 19:14].
Luke 18:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) People were bringing babies to Jesus so He could touch them [i.e., to bestow a blessing on them], but when His disciples saw this, they spoke harshly to these people. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them. American Standard Version (1901) And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. Common English Bible People were bringing babies to Jesus so that he would bless them. When the disciples saw this, they scolded them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they were bringing little children to him, so that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them. |
But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Allow these little children to come to me and stop trying to prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these [i.e., humble ones. See Matt. 19:14].
And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said [to Him], “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to burn them up?”