Little Children Brought to Jesus

15 Now they were bringing even their[a] babies to him so that he could touch them. But when[b] the disciples saw it,[c] they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to himself, saying, “Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for to such belongs[d] the kingdom of God. 17 Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Luke 18:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Luke 18:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 18:16 Literally “for of such is”