Focused Passage
Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ
Matthew moves from Jesus’ geographical transition toward Judea, to healing crowds, to Pharisaic testing about divorce, to Jesus’ creation-grounded teaching on marriage, to the disciples’ question about singleness, to Jesus’ reception of children, to the rich young man’s failure to follow, to Jesus’ warning about riches, to the impossibility of salvation apart from God, and finally to the promise of reward in the renewal of all things.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
13Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
14But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
15And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.
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