Matthew 14:21

14:21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

Matthew 15:38

15:38 Not counting children and women, ¹  there were four thousand men who ate. ² 

Matthew 18:2

18:2 He called a child, had him stand among them,

Matthew 2:20

2:20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

Matthew 2:14

2:14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during ³  the night, and went to Egypt.

Matthew 2:21

2:21 So ⁴  he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

Matthew 18:5

18:5 And whoever welcomes ⁵  a child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 11:16

11:16 “To ⁶  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, ⁷ 

Matthew 18:3-4

18:3 and said, “I tell you the truth, ⁸  unless you turn around and become like little children, ⁹  you will never ¹⁰  enter the kingdom of heaven! 18:4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:13

Jesus and Little Children

19:13 Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. ¹¹  But the disciples scolded those who brought them. ¹² 

Matthew 2:13

The Escape to Egypt

2:13 After they had gone, an ¹³  angel of the Lord ¹⁴  appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod ¹⁵  is going to look for the child to kill him.”

Matthew 2:8-9

2:8 He ¹⁶  sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.” 2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again ¹⁷  the star they saw when it rose ¹⁸  led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

Matthew 2:11

2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ¹⁹  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ²⁰  and myrrh. ²¹ 

Matthew 19:14

19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” ²² 

¹ tc ‡ Although most witnesses (B C L W ˹³ 33 Ï f sy^s,p,h mae) read “women and children” instead of “children and women,” it is likely that the majority’s reading is a harmonization to Matt 14:21. “Children and women” is found in early and geographically widespread witnesses (e.g., א D [Θ Ë¹] 579 lat sy^c sa bo), and has more compelling internal arguments on its side, suggesting that this is the original reading. NA²⁷, however, agrees with the majority of witnesses.

² tn Grk “And those eating were four thousand men, apart from children and women.”

¹ tn The feminine singular genitive noun νυκτός (nuktos, “night”) indicates the time during which the action of the main verb takes place (ExSyn 124).

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions.

¹ tn This verb, δέχομαι (decomai), is a term of hospitality (L&N 34.53).

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “who call out to one another, saying.” The participle λέγουσιν (legousin) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

² sn The point of the comparison become like little children has more to do with a child’s trusting spirit, as well as willingness to be dependent and receive from others, than any inherent humility the child might possess.

³ tn The negation in Greek (οὐ μή, ou mh) is very strong here.

¹ tn Grk “so that he would lay his hands on them and pray.”

² tn Grk “the disciples scolded them.” In the translation the referent has been specified as “those who brought them,” since otherwise the statement could be understood to mean that the disciples scolded the children rather than their parents who brought them.

¹ tn Grk “behold, an angel.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

² tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.

³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹ tn Grk “and behold the star.”

² tn See the note on the word “rose” in 2:2.

¹ tn Grk “they fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

² sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).

³ sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.

¹ sn The kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.