Luke 18:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Cross References

Genesis 21:4

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

2 Chronicles 20:13

All Judah was standing before the Lord with their infants, their wives, and their children.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for the good of their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

Matthew 19:14

Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”

Luke 18:15

Some people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luke 18:17

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.

Deuteronomy 29:11

your children, your wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water —

Deuteronomy 31:12

Gather the people — men, women, children, and foreigners living within your gates — so that they may listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,