NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

Matthew 19:13

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Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

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Matthew 19:10–16

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His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

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But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

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For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

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Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

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But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

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He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

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Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

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