MARK 10:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But 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.”
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these — the indignation (ēganaktēsen) is the same as in the withered hand scene — righteous anger at the impediment to the kingdom's work. Let the little children come communicates the accessibility of the kingdom to those the disciples consider too unimportant to merit Jesus' attention. The kingdom of God belongs to such as these: the kingdom belongs to those who have the status of children — dependent, without claim, receiving rather than achieving.
Church Fathers on Mark 10:14
The wickedness of the Pharisees in tempting Christ, has been related above, and now is shewn the great faith of the multitude, who believed that Christ conferred a blessing on the children whom they brought to Him, by the mere laying on of His hands.
That is, if ye have not innocence and purity of mind like that of children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. Or else, we are ordered to receive the kingdom of God, that is, the doctrine of the Gospel, as a little child, because as a child, when he is taught, does not contradict his teachers, nor put together reasonings and words against them, but receives with faith what they teach, and obeys them with awe, so we also are to receive the word of the Lord with simple…
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