Matthew 19:14

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.

Do Not Forbid

Jesus Said

Kingdom of Heaven

Let the Little Children Come

Little Child

Little Children

Little Ones

Do Not Hinder Them

Forbid Them Not

Jesus

Matthew 18:3

and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!

Luke 18:16-17

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.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

Genesis 17:7-8

And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.

Genesis 17:24-26

Abraham [was] ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

Genesis 21:4

And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son [when he was] eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Judges 13:7

And he said to me, 'Look, you [will] conceive and bear a son, so then, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, for the boy will be a Nazirite of God from birth until the day of his death.'"

1 Samuel 1:11

She {made a vow} and said: "O Yahweh of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the misery of your female servant, and will remember me, and not forget your female servant, and will give to your female servant {a male child} then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor will never pass over his head."

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "Once the boy [is] weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear before Yahweh; and he will remain there forever."

1 Samuel 1:24

Then she brought him up with her when she had weaned him, [along] with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of Yahweh at Shiloh while the boy [was still] young.

1 Samuel 2:18

Now Samuel [was] serving before Yahweh, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered [and] said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.

Mark 10:14

But [when] Jesus saw [it], he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the young children come to me. Do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

1 Peter 2:1-2

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,