NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Luke 18:16

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Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

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Luke 18:13–19

13

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

15

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

16
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Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

17

Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

18

A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

19

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.

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