And he laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
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Jerome
AD 420
Not because they liked not that they should have benediction of the Saviour's hand and mouth; but forasmuch as their faith was not yet perfect, they thought that He like other men would be wearied by the applications of those that brought them.
And He said distinctly, “Of such is the kingdom of heaven,” not Of these, toshew that it was not years, but disposition that determined His judgment, and that the reward was promised to such as had like innocence and simplicity.