Luke 18:16

Good News Translation

but Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Cross References

Genesis 21:4

and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded.

2 Chronicles 20:13

All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

Matthew 19:14

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Luke 18:15

Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so,

Luke 18:17

Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

Acts 2:39

For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away—all whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is made acceptable to God by being united to his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made acceptable to God by being united to her Christian husband. If this were not so, their children would be like pagan children; but as it is, they are acceptable to God.

Deuteronomy 29:11

women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you.

Deuteronomy 31:12

Call together all the men, women, and children, and the foreigners who live in your towns, so that everyone may hear it and learn to honor the Lord your God and to obey his teachings faithfully.

1 Peter 2:2

Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.