13Then there were brought to him little children that he might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them.


In Context

10 His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11 And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

12 for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

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

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such:

15 and having laid his hands upon them, he departed thence.

Matthew 19:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put [his] hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:13Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should lay his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should lay his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were brought to him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:13Then were there brought to him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.