He hugged the children, placed his hands on them, and blessed them.
He looks after his flock like a shepherd. He picks up the lambs in his arms and holds them close to his chest. He leads those that are nursing young.
As they were eating, Jesus picked up some bread. He blessed it, and gave it to them. “Take it. This is my body,” he told them.
He took a small child and had the child stand right in the middle of them. Then he picked up and hugged the child, and told them,
You will be blessed when you're in the town; you will be blessed when you're in the countryside.