Matthew 19:13 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹³ Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Then little children were brought to Jesus, that He might put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should lay his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

Common English Bible

¹³ Some people brought children to Jesus so that he would place his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then they brought to him little children, so that he would place his hands upon them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them.

Matthew 19:13 Cross References

Genesis 48:1

After this Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Matthew 16:22

And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.”

Matthew 19:12

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

Matthew 20:31

The crowd sternly ordered them to be quiet; but they shouted even more loudly, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

1 Samuel 1:24

When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was young.