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Matthew 19:13-15
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13Then people brought little
children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the
disciples rebuked them.
14Jesus said, “Let the little
children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs
to such as these.”
15When he had placed his
hands on them, he went on from there.
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1)
According to
verse 13 what did the disciples do when people
brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray
for them?
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They rebuked the people.
2)
What gate-keeping
function did the disciples serve doing triage for the crowd that was waiting to
see Jesus, given that the crowd was large and could be unruly?
o
They
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Maintained order.
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And prevented the
crowd from crowding Jesus.
3)
Given that the
disciples made the triage decision with an eye toward making the crowd bigger,
what did they prioritize, dramatic healing and driving out demons or requests that
did not excite the crowd?
o
They prioritized
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Dramatic healing.
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And driving out
demons.
4)
How did the
request for Jesus to place his hands on little children and pray for them sound
to the disciples?
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They considered
the request to be
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Trivializing Jesus’
ministry.
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And getting in
the way.
5)
What was it about
little children that particularly cast the self-serving calculation of the
disciples in a bad light?
o
Little children’s
innocence.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 why should the disciples let
the little children come to him, and not hinder them?
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It is because the
kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.
7)
According to
verse 15 what did Jesus do?
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Jesus went on
from there.
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When
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He had placed his
hands on the little children.
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Matthew 19:13-15
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