Jesus Blesses the Children

Mrk 10:13–16

1. 13 Some time later some people took their kids to Jesus. They wanted him to put his hand on them and ask God to be good to them. But Jesus’s followers growled at those people and told them to take their kids away.
2. 14 Jesus saw his followers block the kids from coming to him and he got angry. He said, “Don’t block those kids. Let them come to me. They are the kind of people God wants. If you are like these little kids, God will have you in his family.
3. 15 I’m telling you straight. Just look at the way kids trust their father and mother. You mob have to trust me just like those kids trust their parents. If you can’t trust like that, you can’t be in God’s family.”
4. 16 Then Jesus held those kids in his arms and prayed for God to be good to them.

Luk 18:15–17