Let the little children come to me. Luke chapter 18, verse 16.

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. What would you ask Jesus?

Was written by Anne Cetus and read by Rochelle Trubb.

Luke, chapter 18, verses 9 through 17. To some who are confident of their own righteousness and look down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable.

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed,

God, I thank you that I am not like other people,

robbers, evildoers, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.

But the tax collector stood at a distance.

He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,

God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt

themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. People were also

bringing babies to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked

them. But Jesus called the this, they rebuked them.

But Jesus called the children to him and said,

Let the little children come to me

and do not hinder them

for the kingdom of God belongs

to such as these.

Truly I tell you, anyone

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