Mark 10:13–15
He lets the children come to him: the kingdom belongs to those like them
Study it word by word13And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.
14But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such as these belongs the kingdom of God.
15Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter into it.”
In its context
11And he says to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
12and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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16And taking them in his arms, he was blessing them, laying his hands on them.
17And as he was going out on the way, a man ran up and knelt before him and was asking him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Its words in the original
- προσέφερονprosepheron· offer, bring
Offer, bring, present.
- παιδίαpaidia· little child
Little child.
- ἅψηταιhapsētai· touch, hold
Touch, take hold of, cling to; in the active, light (a fire).
- μαθηταὶmathētai· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.
- ἐπετίμησανepetimēsan· rebuke, warn
Rebuke, reprove; order sternly.
- ἰδὼνidōn· see
See, look; notice.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ἠγανάκτησενēganaktēsen· be indignant
Be indignant, angry.
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἌφετεAphete· let go, forgive
Leave, let go, allow; said of sins and debts, forgive.
- ἔρχεσθαιerchesthai· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- κωλύετεkōlyete· hinder
To hinder, to prevent.
- τοιούτωνtoioutōn· such
Such, of this kind.
- ἐστὶνestin· be
Be, exist.
- βασιλείαbasileia· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ἀμὴνamēn· truly, amen
Amen: a Hebrew word meaning "so it is", "it is firm". Jesus uses it at the start of a saying to affirm what he is about to say: "truly".
- δέξηταιdexētai· receive, welcome
Receive, welcome.
- εἰσέλθῃeiselthēi· enter, go in
Enter, go in, come in.