Luke 18:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Blessing the Children
15 Some(A) people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me,(B) and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 I assure you:(C) Whoever does not welcome(D) the kingdom of God like a little child(E) will never enter it.”
Read full chapter
Luke 18:15-17
Lexham English Bible
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.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 18:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Luke 18:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 18:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 18:16 Literally “for of such is”
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software