Some time later Joseph was told, ‘Your father is ill.’ So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.
Matthew 19:13 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then little children were brought to Jesus, that He might put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. American Standard Version (1901) Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should lay his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. Common English Bible Some people brought children to Jesus so that he would place his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded them. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they brought to him little children, so that he would place his hands upon them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. |
Some time later Joseph was told, ‘Your father is ill.’ So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.
I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ‘Never, Lord!’ he said. ‘This shall never happen to you!’
For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others – and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.’
The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!’
The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all whom the Lord our God will call.’
For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
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.