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Why didn`t the disciples want little children to come to Jesus? Why did Jesus allow the little children to come?
The disciples didn`t want little children to come to Jesus because they were thinking in a worldly manner. They felt that children would disturb Jesus and He would not like it. But Jesus used this example of children to show what kind of people are needed in the Kingdom of God.



By: Lavina Noronha
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Why didn`t the disciples want little children to come to Jesus? Why did Jesus allow the little children to come?
because the disciples thought that they would bother him, but jesus wanted to domonnstrate to them that children were of much importance just like anybody else. thank you!



By: Silas Kaunda Matiku
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Why didn`t the disciples want little children to come to Jesus? Why did Jesus allow the little children to come?
The Jewish culture does not allow the little children to be around adults frequently and the disciples thought that Jesus is kind of happy to stay away from noises made by children around him.



By: Bol Joseph Agau
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Why Jesus didn`t have any children among the apostles? He did said the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these, they could understand His words because He always explained the parables after narrating them.



By: Cristi Lazar
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Why didn`t the disciples want little children to come to Jesus? Why did Jesus allow the little children to come?
Jesus was trying to make them understand that not the knowledge of the law, nor the experience of life, are essential in the redemption problem, but the innocence and the sincere availability.



By: Cristi Lazar
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Why didn`t the disciples want little children to come to Jesus? Why did Jesus allow the little children to come?
The deciples did not want the children to come to Jesus because they thought that Jesus was tired and that the children would only be a disturbance. Jesus allowed the little children to come so He could explain to everyone how we must be to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, like little children.



By: Mirtha Fabro
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Jesus on children
Most today interpret Jesus` exhortation to be like children psychologically ''innocense''. I think the social status interpretation was more accurate, although I don`t exclude the first interpretation. We are to be humble and okay with being outcasts in society.



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Why didn`t the disciples want little children to come to Jesus? Why did Jesus allow the little children to come?
These little children weren`t in distress; their parents brought them to Jesus for His blessing and perhaps the disciples thought this was a frivolous request. Jesus allowed them to come because He wanted His Father to be honored by their faith.



By: Patty
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we have to be like children to enter heaven? how? be innnocent again?



By: Carlo Garcia
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Why are the otehr disciples upset? jelous? like you need head knowledge and not heart one to take Jesus in?



By: Alessandra Parrini
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The Little Children and Jesus

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these." He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

Matthew 19:13-15
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