Mark 10:14 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

KJV

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

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Commentary

4 voices

Basil of Caesarea

THE LONG RULES 15 (379)

The apostle praised one [Timothy] who had known the holy Scripture from infancy. He also instructed that children be reared "in the discipline and correction of the Lord." So we consider every time of life, even the very earliest, suitable for receiving persons into the community of faith.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He came to set up the kingdom of God among men, and took this occasion to declare that that kingdom admitted little children to be the subjects of it, and gave them a title to the privileges of subjects. Nay, the kingdom of God is to be kept up by such: they must be taken in when they are little children, that they may be secured for hereafter, to bear up the name of Christ.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1925: “Jesus and the Children” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

IT must be a very great sin, indeed, to hinder anybody from coming to Christ. He is the only way of salvation from the wrath of God. He is salvation from the terrible judgment that is due to sin—who would dare to keep the perishing from that way? To alter the signposts on the way to the City of Refuge, or to dig a trench across the road would have been an inhuman act, deserving the sternest condemnation.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 581: “Children Brought to Christ, and Not to the Font” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1864)

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδὼν	idōn	Having seen	G1492 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ἠγανάκτησεν	ēganaktēsen	was indignant	G23 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ἄφετε	aphete	do permit	G863 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
παιδία	paidia	little children	G3813 →
ἔρχεσθαι	erchesthai	to come	G2064 →
πρός	pros	to	G4314 →
με,	me	Me,	G3165 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
κωλύετε	kōluete	do hinder	G2967 →
αὐτά,	auta	them!	G846 →
τῶν	tōn	To the	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τοιούτων	toioutōn	sof uch	G5108 →
ἐστὶν	estin	belongs	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.¶	theou	of God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
leads to
- Hebrews 5:12–13
  Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- Ephesians 4:15
  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- 2 Peter 3:18
  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 3:1–2
  Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
- Mark 10:15
  Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Through
Matthew 18:10
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
leads to
- Psalms 91:11
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Through
Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
leads to
- Matthew 18:3
  “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Through
Matthew 18:4
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
leads to
- James 4:10
  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.