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# Connecting Statement:
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This is the next event in the part of the story which began in [Luke 17:20 ](../17/20.md ). Jesus welcomes the children and talks about them.
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# touch them, but
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This could also be translated as separate sentences: "touch them. But"
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# they rebuked them
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"the disciples tried to stop the parents from bringing their children to Jesus"
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# Jesus called them to him
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"Jesus told the people to bring their infants to him"
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# Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them
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These two sentences have similar meaning and they are combined for emphasis. Some languages emphasize in a different way. AT: "You must certainly allow the children to come to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# belongs to such ones
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This could be stated as a simile. AT: "belongs to people who are like these little children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# Truly I say to you
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"Surely I say to you." Jesus used this expression to emphasize the importance of what he was about to say.
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# whoever will not receive the kingdom of God like a child will definitely not enter it
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God requires people to accept his rule over them with trust and humility. AT: "whoever wants to enter God's kingdom must receive it with trust and humility like a child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rebuke]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/amen]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/kingdomofgod]]