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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:13 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Matthew 19:14 Literally “for of such is”
  3. Matthew 19:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Matthew 19:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“laid”) has been translated as a finite verb