Verse Comparison: Luke 18:15
American Standard Version
And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Amplified® Bible
Now they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them.
Contemporary English Version
Some people brought their little children for Jesus to bless. But when his disciples saw them doing this, they told the people to stop bothering him.
Darby English Version
And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.
Good News Bible
Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so,
International Standard Version
Now some people were even bringing their infants to Jesus to have him touch them. But when the disciples saw this, they sternly told the people not to do that.
King James Version
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
New American Standard Bible
And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they {began} rebuking them.
New International Version
People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
New King James Version
Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And they brought even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.
Young's Literal Translation
And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,