^{15 Ref} They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

^{16 Ref} Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

^{17 Ref} Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."