Mark 10:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἠγανάκτησεν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἄφετε τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρός με, καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά: τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

But idōn the Iēsous, ēganaktēsen, and eipen to them, Aphete the paidia erchesthai pros me, and mē kōlyete them: for of such toioutōn estin the basileia of the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *idōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having seen
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus [proper name]
• *ēganaktēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - became indignant/angry
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *Aphete*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - allow/permit/let
• *paidia*: accusative neuter plural - little children
• *erchesthai*: present middle/passive infinitive - to come
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *kōlyete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - hinder/prevent/forbid
• *toioutōn*: genitive masculine plural - of such/such ones
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative feminine singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *idōn*: having seen/observing/noticing
• *ēganaktēsen*: became indignant/became angry/was displeased
• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *Aphete*: allow/permit/let
• *paidia*: little children/young children/infants
• *erchesthai*: to come/to approach
• *kōlyete*: hinder/prevent/forbid
• *toioutōn*: of such/such as these/of this kind
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *Theou*: of God/of the deity

Referenced Verses

• Matt 18:4 : 4 ‹Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.›
• Matt 18:10 : 10 ‹Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.›
• Matt 19:14 : 14 But Jesus said, ‹Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.›
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
• Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
• Ps 78:4 : 4 We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
• Ps 115:14-15 : 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
• Ps 131:1-2 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.
• Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• Gen 17:7 : 7 ¶ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
• Gen 17:10-14 : 10 This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
• Num 14:31 : 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
• Deut 4:37 : 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
• Deut 29:11-12 : 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
• Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
• Mark 8:33 : 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.›
• Luke 9:54-56 : 54 And when his disciples James and John saw [this], they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, ‹Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.› 56 ‹For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save› [them]. And they went to another village.
• Luke 18:15-16 : 15 ¶ And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when [his] disciples saw [it], they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, ‹Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.›
• Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.
• Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
• Rom 11:16 : 16 For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.
• Rom 11:28 : 28 As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers' sakes.
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
• 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
• 1 Sam 1:27-28 : 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.