Luk 18:15-17 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

a Luke 18:15-17: Matt 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16

d Matt 18:3; 19:14; Mark 10:15; 1 Cor 14:20; 1 Pet 2:2

Luke 18:15-17

15 ^aNow they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. 16 But Jesus called for ^{▼▼Lit them}the little ones, saying, “Allow the children to come to Me, and do not ^{▼▼Or prevent}forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Truly I say to you, ^dwhoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”