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Matthew 19:13-14
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One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off.
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But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these."
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