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Matthew 19:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Matthew 19:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”(A)
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Matthew 19:14-15
The Message
Matthew 19:14-15
The Message
To Enter God’s Kingdom
13-15 One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: “Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.” After laying hands on them, he left.
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New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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