But Jesus called them unto him, and said,
Allow little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Suffer the little children to come unto Me. The Arabic: For the kingdom of God is theirs who are like them"—not in infancy but in innocence, simplicity, humility. So Bede. "He does not say theirs, but such as they, meaning their manner of life, not their age." And S. Ambrose: "It is not childhood, but the goodness of that simplicity which emulates child-like innocence, that is meant; for it is not a virtue not to be able to sin, but not to will to do so." I have explained the rest on Matthew 19:13 and following.
