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Jesus knows the burden of every mother's heart. He who had a mother that struggled with poverty and privation, sympathizes with every mother in her labors. He who made a long journey in order to relieve the anxious heart of a Canaanite woman will do as much for the mothers of today. He who gave back to the widow of Nain her only son, and in His agony upon the cross remembered His own mother, is touched today by the mother's sorrow. In every grief and every need, He will comfort and help.

Jesus understands maternal struggles, poverty, and sorrow, and offers comfort in every grief and need. This offers spiritual comfort and highlights divine empathy, remaining outside empirical science.

Let mothers come to Jesus with their perplexities. They will find grace sufficient to aid them in the care of their children. The gates are open for every mother who would lay her burdens at the Saviour's feet. He who said, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not” ( Mark 10:14 ), still invites mothers to bring their little ones to be blessed by Him.

Mothers are invited to bring their perplexities and children to Jesus to receive grace and assistance. This is an exhortation to religious coping and prayer in parenting rather than a clinical claim.

In the children who were brought in contact with Him, Jesus saw the men and women who should be heirs of His grace and subjects of His kingdom, and some of whom would become martyrs for His sake. He knew that these children would listen to Him and accept Him as their Redeemer far more readily than would grown-up people, many of whom were the worldly-wise and hardhearted. In teaching, He came down to their level. He, the Majesty of heaven, answered their questions and simplified His important lessons to meet their childish understanding. He planted in their minds the seeds of truth, which in after years would spring up and bear fruit unto eternal life.

Jesus valued children, adapted His teaching to their level, and planted truths in their minds that would bear eternal fruit. The paragraph describes Jesus' interactions with children and spiritual instruction without making testable empirical claims.

When Jesus told the disciples not to forbid the children to come to Him, He was speaking to His followers in all ages—to officers of the church, ministers, helpers, and all Christians. Jesus is drawing the children, and He bids us, “Suffer them to come;” as if He would say, They will come, if you do not hinder them.

Christians across all eras are instructed not to hinder children from coming to Jesus. The passage outlines a ministry instruction for believers regarding children, lacking empirical medical claims.