Luke 18:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luke 18:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 19:13-15
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. …
Mark 10:13-16
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. …
1 Samuel 1:24
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
Luke 9:49-50
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. …
Luke 9:54
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

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Babes Birth Children Commandments Duty Family Infants Instruction

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-17)

This passage of story we had both in Matthew and Mark; it very fitly follows here after the story of the publican, as a confirmation of the truth which was to be illustrated by that parable, that those shall be accepted with God, and honoured, who humble themselves, and for them Christ has blessings in store, the choicest and best of blessings. Observe here, 1. Those who are themselves blessed in…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. infants--showing that some, at least, of those called in Matthew (Mt 19:13) and Mark (Mr 10:13) simply “little” or “young children,” were literally “babes.” touch them--or, as more fully in Matthew (Mt 19:13), “put His hands on them and pray,” or invoke a “blessing” on them (Mr 10:16), according to venerable custom (Ge 48:14, 15). rebuked them--Repeatedly the disciples thus interposed to save…