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Matthew 19:13

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Jesus and Little Children

19:13Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray.16 But the disciples scolded those who brought them.17

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  1. 16 Grk “so that he would lay his hands on them and pray.”
  2. 17 Grk “the disciples scolded them.” In the translation the referent has been specified as “those who brought them,” since otherwise the statement could be understood to mean that the disciples scolded the children rather than their parents who brought them.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

NLTNew Living Translation

One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.