Jesus Blesses Little Children

People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’ And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them. Mark 10:13-16

People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it. But Jesus called for them and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’ Luke 18:15-17

Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.’ And he laid his hands on them and went on his way. Matthew 19:13-15

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St. John Abbey, Müstair, Graubünden, Switzerland, c. 825.
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Ligier Richier (1500-67)
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1537 // WGA
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Lucas Cranach the Younger, c. 1545-50 // Wikimedia
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After Frans Floris (1519-70)
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Southern Netherlands, c. 1570
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Otto van Veen, attr. (1556-1629)
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Adam van Noort (1562-1641)
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Johann Rottenhammer, 1607
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Jacob Jordaens, 1615-16
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Joachim Wtewael, 1621
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Rembrandt, c. 1649 // WGA
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Nicolas Maes, 1652-53
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Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1655
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Jacob Willemsz de Wet, c. 1675
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Seventeenth Century
Christ Blessing the Little Children 1799 by William Blake 1757-1827
William Blake, 1799 // Blake Archive
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Antoine Ansiaux, 1820
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Victor Schnetz, 1830
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Benjamin Haydon, 1837 // Google
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Hippolyte Flandrin, 1837 // biography
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Charles Lock Eastlake, 1839
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Anonymous, c. 1840
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Fritz von Uhde, 1884.
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Juliaan de Vriendt (1842-1935)
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Gebhard Fugel, c. 1910
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Kunibert Zinner, 1951

See also: stained glass | Caspar Jacob van Opstal | Vincent Sellaers | Artus Wolfaerts | Pieter van Lint | Adam van Noort | Joos van Winghe | Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli | William Blake | Carl Bloch | Carl Bloch | Hans Leimbacher | Lamoral de Daudenarde | Marie EllenriederWilhelm RöschSt. Remigius Stafflangen |

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