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Mark 10:13-15

MARK—NOTE ON Mark 10:13 rebuked them. The disciples consider children to be an annoying distraction (see Mark 9:36, Mark 9:42). To Jesus, however, children are as important as adults, and equally worthy of love (Mark 9:36; Mark 10:16). to such belongs the kingdom of God. Children do not belong automatically to the kingdom but must come to Jesus and receive him the same as adults.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    MARK 10:13 evpeti,mhsan auvtoi/j {A} In order to avoid possible ambiguity as to who it was that the disciples were rebuking, the scribes of A D W Q ¦1 ¦13 _al_ replaced auvtoi/j with...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 10:13 G2532 brought G4374 (G5707) children G3813 Him G846 that G2443 touch G680 (G5672) them...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    YOUNG little. Compare (Matthew 5:16)....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN MATTHEW 19:13-15; MARK 10:13-16; LUKE 18:15-17; MATTHEW 19:13 Then were there brought unto hi

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 10:13_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 19:13; Luke 18:15.) _Children welcomed to Christ_.—Infant baptism was assuredly in the mind, in the will, and in the intention of C...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 10:1 INSTEAD OF THE WORDS, INTO THE COASTS OF JUDEA BY THE FARTHER SIDE OF JORDAN, the passage, by a change of reading from διὰ τοῦ to καὶ. He will run thus: _into the coasts _(_b...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 31:12; Deuteronomy 31:13; Exodus 10:9; Joel 2:16; Luk

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    They brought [π ρ ο σ ε φ ε ρ ο ν]. Imperfect tense; they were bringing, as he went on his way. Similarly, were rebuking, as they were successively brought....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Matthew 19:13....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here,. solemn action performed: children are brought to Christ to be blessed by him. Where note, 1. The persons brought: CHILDREN, young children, sucking children, as the word imports, THEY...

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