People were bringing children to him in order that he might touch them, and the disciples spoke sternly to them.
gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her canopy.
Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”