Verse Lens · Context pointer
Mark 10:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
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Role in This Section
This verse moves Mark 10:13-16's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:13 through the report, “And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them”.
Read It With
- Mark 10:13-16
Read Mark 10:13 with 10:13-16. This verse moves Mark 10:13-16's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:13 through the report, “And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: When disciples block people bringing children, Jesus becomes indignant, declares God's kingdom belongs to such as these, requires childlike reception, embraces the children, and blesses them.
Why It Needs Context
This verse moves Mark 10:13-16's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:13 through the report, “And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them”. Its connective or scene-specific force depends on Mark 10:13-16; isolating it would detach the selected action, response, speaker, or referent from the unit that explains it.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Mark 10:13-16 — Jesus Welcomes and Blesses ChildrenSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 10:13-16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 10:13-16
Open the Mark Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 10:13-16 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Mark PDF ↗