15They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.


In Context

12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, 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 Jesus summoned them, saying, |Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

17 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.|

Luke 18:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when [his] disciples saw [it,] they rebuked them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:15People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw it rebuked them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And they brought unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And they brought to him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And they brought to him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.