13Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
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And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. …
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. …
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, …
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-15)We have here the welcome which Christ gave to some little children that were brought to him. Observe, I. The faith of those that brought them. How many they were, that were brought, we are not told; but they were so little as to be taken up in arms, a year old, it may be, or two at most. The account here given of it, is, that there were brought unto him little children, that he should put his hand…
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