ON “SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN”
Endure youngsters and incidentally with grown-ups when they carry on like them. In the language of the KJV ‘suffer’ signifies ‘permit’; so Jesus is stating that the kids ought to be permitted to come to Him and not averted. “Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’ Matthew 19:13-14 KJV