Matthew 19:14

New American Bible - revised edition

but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Cross References

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature.

Mark 10:14

When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.

1 Samuel 1:11

and made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if you look with pity on the hardship of your servant, if you remember me and do not forget me, if you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life. No razor shall ever touch his head.”

Judges 13:7

But he said to me, ‘You will conceive and bear a son. So drink no wine or beer, and eat nothing unclean. For the boy shall be a nazirite for God from the womb, until the day of his death.’”

1 Samuel 2:18

Meanwhile the boy Samuel, wearing a linen ephod, was serving in the presence of the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:24

Once he was weaned, she brought him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and presented him at the house of the Lord in Shiloh.

Genesis 21:4

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

1 Samuel 1:22

Hannah did not go, explaining to her husband, “Once the child is weaned, I will take him to appear before the Lord and leave him there forever.”

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:15

After he placed his hands on them, he went away. The Rich Young Man.

Mark 10:15

Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”