Luke 18:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Jeremiah 32:39

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever; for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 18:15

And they brought unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luke 18:17

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

Acts 2:39

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

Deuteronomy 31:12

Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;