13And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
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Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. …
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-16)It is looked upon as the indication of a kind and tender disposition to take notice of little children, and this was remarkable in our Lord Jesus, which is an encouragement not only to little children to apply themselves to Christ when they are very young, but to grown people, who are conscious to themselves of weakness and childishness, and of being, through manifold infirmities, helpless and use…
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