Matthew 19:13
Douay-Rheims
Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
John Chrysostom (attributed)
The Lord had been holding discourse of chastity; and some of His hearers now brought unto Him infants, who in respect of chastity are the purest; for they supposed that it was the pure in body only whom He had approved; and this is that which is said, Then were brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 19:13-15
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.