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Graphic-novel illustration of the designed Jesus opening a path as parents bring children and two disciples begin to yield.
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Matthew 19:13-15

Let the Children Come

Covenant and Cost · Matthew 19

Story guide: The disciples try to hold families back, but Jesus makes room and receives the children brought for prayer.

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13Then children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them.

14But Jesus said, “Let the children come, and do not hinder them from coming to me, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

15And after laying his hands on them, he went on from there.

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