Luke 18:15-17

Little Children Brought to Jesus

15 Now they were bringing even [their] babies to him so that he could touch them. But [when] the disciples saw [it], they rebuked them.

16 But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

17 Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

Footnotes

• [a] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [b] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal
• [c] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [d] Literally "for of such is"