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Mark 10:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14But 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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Quick Meaning
This verse shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence.
Read It With
- Mark 10:13-16
Read Mark 10:14 with 10:13-16. This verse shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence. 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 This Verse Appears Here
This verse shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence. This specific contribution advances Mark 10:13-16 toward its narrated or taught result.
Follow the Context
- When disciples block people bringing children, Jesus becomes indignant, declares God's kingdom belongs to such as these, requires childlike reception, embraces the children
- blesses them.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to…”
In plain language: shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence
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. Within that movement, this wording shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence.
Why it matters: This wording carries a material narrative, lexical, textual, historical, theological, ethical, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Jesus' embrace does not authorize unsafe touch or weakened safeguarding. Read Mark 10:14 with Mark 10:13-16. In context, the verse shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence.
What Remains True
Jesus receives children whom disciples block and makes their low-status dependence instructive for kingdom reception. At Mark 10:14, shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Mark 10:14, welcome children as persons with agency and needs while maintaining strong consent and safeguarding boundaries. This verse contributes to that response because it shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence.
Teach It Back
Explain Mark 10:14's specific contribution to Mark 10:13-16: shows Jesus' indignation at blocked children and locates God's kingdom among people of their low status and dependence. Include the surrounding movement, one uncertainty or ethical boundary, and what the verse does not authorize.
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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 Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The preferred reading follows Mark's immediate narrative and whole-book movement while keeping the material alternative visible: Children model low status and receptive dependence, not romanticized innocence or uncritical gullibility. The embrace is Jesus' action in this scene and cannot override modern safeguarding.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
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 ↗