Matthew 19:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

Some people brought their children to Jesus, so he could place his hands on them and pray for them. His disciples told the people to stop bothering him.

Cross References

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live.”

1 Corinthians 7:14

Your husband or wife who isn't a follower is made holy by having you as a partner. This also makes your children holy and keeps them from being unclean in God's sight.

Matthew 20:31

The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”

Matthew 16:22

Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that. He said, “God would never let this happen to you, Lord!”

Jeremiah 32:39

I will make their thoughts and desires pure. Then they will realize that, for their own good and the good of their children, they must worship only me. They will even be afraid to turn away from me. I will make an agreement with them that will never end, and I won't ever stop doing good things for them. With all my heart I promise that they will be planted in this land once again.

1 Samuel 1:24

When it was the time of year to go to Shiloh again, Hannah and Elkanah took Samuel to the Lord's house. They brought along a three-year-old bull, a sack containing about nine kilograms of flour, and a clay jar full of wine. Hannah and Elkanah offered the bull as a sacrifice, then brought the little boy to Eli.

Genesis 48:1

Joseph was told that his father Jacob had become very sick. So Joseph went to see him and took along his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Matthew 19:12

Some people are unable to marry because of birth defects or because of what someone has done to their bodies. Others stay single in order to serve God better. Anyone who can accept this teaching should do so.”