They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
Yochanan said to him, “Rabbi, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.”