Little Children Brought to Jesus
13 And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal Jesus saw it,*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the young children come to me. Do not forbid them, for to such belongsLiterally "for of such is" the kingdom of God.