Mark 10:13–16
Jesus is indignant at those who keep children away, and blesses 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.”
16And taking them in his arms, he was blessing them, laying his hands on them.
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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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?”
18But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
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.
- ἐναγκαλισάμενοςenankalisamenos· take in one's arms
Take in one's arms, embrace.
- τιθεὶςtitheis· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- χεῖραςcheiras· hand
Hand.