But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Luke 18:15 - New International Version (Anglicised) People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them. American Standard Version (1901) And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. Common English Bible People were bringing babies to Jesus so that he would bless them. When the disciples saw this, they scolded them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they were bringing little children to him, so that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them. |
But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?’
After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.