Matthew 19:13-15
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus Blesses Children
13 (A)Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “[a](B)Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for (C)the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 And after laying His hands on them, He departed from there.
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- Matthew 19:14 Or Permit the children
Matthew 19:13-15
Lexham English Bible
Little Children Brought to Jesus
13 Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his[a] hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for to such belongs[b] the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And he laid his[c] hands on them and[d] traveled on from there.
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- Matthew 19:13 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Matthew 19:14 Literally “for of such is”
- Matthew 19:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Matthew 19:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“laid”) has been translated as a finite verb
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