“Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God... And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.”
The disciples were turning away children brought to Jesus, apparently judging them a nuisance or beneath notice. Jesus's rebuke was direct, and his response physical: he took them in his arms and blessed them.
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