Matthew 19:13-15

Little Children Brought to Jesus

13 Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his 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} the kingdom of heaven."

15 And he laid his hands on them [and] traveled on from there.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [b] Literally "for of such is"
• [c] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [d] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("laid") has been translated as a finite verb