13 But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that one! For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Little Children Brought to Jesus

15 Now they were bringing even their[a] babies to him so that he could touch them. But when[b] the disciples saw it,[c] they rebuked them.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Luke 18:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Luke 18:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation