Mark 10:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹³ Then some [parents] were bringing [their] little children to Jesus so He could touch them [i.e., to bestow a blessing on them], but His disciples spoke harshly to these parents [for doing this].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And they kept bringing young children to Him that He might touch them, and the disciples were reproving them [for it].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them.

Common English Bible

¹³ People were bringing children to Jesus so that he would bless them. But the disciples scolded them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And they brought to him the little children, so that he might touch them. But the disciples admonished those who brought them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.

Mark 10:13 Cross References

Mark 10:48

Many people spoke harshly to the blind man, telling him to be quiet. But he shouted all the more [loudly], “Son of David, have pity on me.”

Mark 9:38

[Then] John [the apostle] said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out evil spirits by using your name, so we told him to stop doing it, because he was not following [You] with us.”