Luke Chapter 18 verse 15 Holy Bible
And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
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And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them
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And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.
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And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
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They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
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And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 15-30. - Jesus and the children. The young ruler refuses to give up his riches. The Lord speaks of the reward of them that leave all for his sake. Verse 15. - And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them. Our Lord's noticing children is several times alluded to in the Gospels. There was something evidently in his look and manner which singularly attracted little ones to him. SS. Matthew and Mark both recount this blessing of the children immediately after the teaching on divorce. Our Lord thus sanctifies the bond of marriage and its legitimate offspring. It was a silent but powerful reply to the mistaken inference which his disciples had drawn from his words. They had said, "It is not good to marry" (Matthew 19:10). But when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. Something of what the Master had said concerning the marriage state affected the disciples. Had he not just (see Matthew 19:10-12) been claiming high honour for the solitary life where there were no family ties to claim attention? Surely, then, these women and their children had better stand aloof: what had that grave and earnest Teacher of theirs to do with these? He had higher and more important matters on his mind f
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15-17) And they brought unto him also infants.--See Notes on Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16. St. Luke, for some reason or other (possibly because he had recorded like teaching in Luke 16:18), omits the previous teaching as to divorce. The use of the specific word for "infants" is peculiar to him. The use of the word in Luke 1:41; Luke 1:44; Luke 2:12; Luke 2:16, where it is rendered "babe," shows that it includes the very earliest stage of childhood, and so is not without its importance in its bearing on the question of infant baptism, so far as that question is affected by this narrative. . . .
