Luke 18:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ But Jesus called for them and said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But Jesus called them [the parents] to Him, saying, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for to such [as these] belongs the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then Jesus called them to him and said, “Allow the children to come to me. Don’t forbid them, because God’s kingdom belongs to people like these children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But Jesus, calling them together, said: "Allow the children to come to me, and do not be an obstacle to them. For of such is the kingdom of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Luke 18:16 Cross References

Genesis 21:4

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

2 Chronicles 20:13

Meanwhile, all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

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 19:14

but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”

Luke 18:15

People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it.

Luke 18:17

Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”

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 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.

1 Corinthians 7:14

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

Deuteronomy 29:11

your children, your women, and the aliens who are in your camp, both those who cut your wood and those who draw your water—

Deuteronomy 31:12

Assemble the people—men, women, and children, as well as the aliens residing in your towns—so that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God and to observe diligently all the words of this law

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—