Mark 10:15

I tell you straight, if you don't come into God's family like a little child, you can't be in God's family.”

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In The King James Version

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

In Context

14Jesus got angry when he saw what they were doing and said, “No! Don't stop those children. Let them come to me. God's family is full of people like them.

16Then Jesus held those children in his arms. He put his hands on them and prayed, and asked God to be good to them. And you can read this story in Matthew 19:16-30 and in Luke 18:18-30

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Matthew Henry on Mark 10:14-17

Christ's Love to Little Children. 13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 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. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed… Read the whole commentary →

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