Matthew 19:13
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
KJV
Τότε προσηνέχθησαν αὐτῷ παιδία, ἵνα τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιθῇ αὐτοῖς καὶ προσεύξηται· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμησαν αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Tunc oblati sunt ei parvuli, ut manus eis imponeret, et oraret. Discipuli autem increpabant eos.
Vulgate
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should lay his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
ASV
Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- προσηνέχθησαν — SBLGNT
- προσηνέχθησαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- προσηνέχθη — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. What then ought they to have done after this? Ought they not to have held their peace, and to have commended the saying? Ought they not to have marvelled at His wisdom? Ought they not to have stood amazed at His accordance with the Father? But none of these things do they, but as though they were contending for the law, they say, How then did Moses command to give a writing …
Cross-references
- Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
- Luke 9:47 — And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
- Luke 18:15 — And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
- Luke 18:15 — And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
- Mark 10:13 — And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
- Mark 10:13 — And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
- Matt 18:2 — And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
- Matt 18:2 — And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
- Matt 20:31 — And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.