Was it because Christ welcomed their innocence? Was it because Christ was the Good Shepherd? What was the reason?
I don't know; it just struck me the other day that Jesus welcomed children to him ... and that being God, Christ knew every one of them by name. The same as he knew every sin each one of them would commit during their lives.
Just as he knew that as adults, some of those same children would grow up to reject him. But Christ didn't tell his disciples "Let that one come, but hinder that one over there."
Jesus loved and welcomed them any way. All of them, each and every one ... even the ones who would grow up to deny his sacrifice on their behalf.
God is Love.
