¹⁴ Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”^[a](A)

³⁴ Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom^(A) prepared for you from the foundation of the world.^(B)

¹⁴ When Jesus saw it, he was indignant^(A) and said to them, “Let the little children come to me.^(B) Don’t stop^(C) them, because the kingdom of God^(D) belongs to such as these.

The Beatitudes

²⁰ Then looking up at his disciples, he said:^(A)