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Luke 18:15

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Little Children Brought to Jesus

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

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Footnotes

  1. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

People were bringing infants to him so that he might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

NLTNew Living Translation

One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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