Mark 10:15 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

KJV

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

By the Kingdom of God He here means the preaching of the Gospel and the promise of future blessings. Therefore, whoever receives the Divine preaching as a child, that is, without any hesitation and admitting no unbelief in himself, shall enter into the Kingdom of …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Little children depend upon their parents' wisdom and care, are carried in their arms, go where they send them, and take what they provide for them; and thus must we receive the kingdom of God, with a humble resignation of ourselves to Jesus Christ, and an easy dependence upon him, both for strength and righteousness, for tuition, provision, and a portion.

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

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀμὴν	Amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν,	humin	to you,	G4771 →
ὃς	hos	who[ever]	G3739 →
ἂν	an	only	G302 →
μὴ	mē	unless	G3361 →
δέξηται	dexētai	shall receive	G1209 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
παιδίον,	paidion	a child,	G3813 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
εἰσέλθῃ	eiselthē	shall enter	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
αὐτήν.	autēn	it.	G846 →

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
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.
leads to
- Mark 10:14–15
  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.
- 1 Peter 2:2
  Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- Luke 18:16–17
  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.
Through
Luke 18:17
Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
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.
- Psalms 131:1–2
  My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
- 1 Peter 1:14
  As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.