Matthew 19:13

Good News Translation

Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and to pray for them, but the disciples scolded the people.

Cross References

Genesis 48:1

Some time later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob.

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 16:22

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “God forbid it, Lord!” he said. “That must never happen to you!”

Matthew 19:12

For there are different reasons why men cannot marry: some, because they were born that way; others, because men made them that way; and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching do so.”

Matthew 20:31

The crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Son of David! Have mercy on us, sir!”

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 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.

1 Samuel 1:24

After she had weaned him, she took him to Shiloh, taking along a three-year-old bull, a bushel of flour, and a leather bag full of wine. She took Samuel, young as he was, to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.