Mark 10:14

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But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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  • Matt 18:4 : 4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
  • Matt 19:14 : 14 But Jesus said,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.
  • Ps 78:4 : 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
  • Ps 115:14-15 : 14 May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s! 15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth!
  • Ps 131:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me. 2 Indeed, I have calmed and quieted myself like a weaned child with its mother; I am content like a young child.
  • Isa 65:23 : 23 They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them. 40 I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.
  • Gen 17:7 : 7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  • Gen 17:10-14 : 10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. 11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you. 12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants. 13 They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder. 14 Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people– he has failed to carry out my requirement.”
  • Num 14:31 : 31 But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.
  • Deut 4:37 : 37 Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
  • Deut 29:11-12 : 11 your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water– 12 so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
  • Mark 8:33 : 33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said,“Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
  • Luke 9:54-56 : 54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,“Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them, 56 and they went on to another village.
  • Luke 18:15-16 : 15 Jesus and Little Children Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them. 16 But Jesus called for the children, saying,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’
  • Rom 11:16 : 16 If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
  • Rom 11:28 : 28 In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 She made a vow saying,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
  • 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah did not go up with them, because she had told her husband,“Not until the boy is weaned. Then I will bring him so that he may appear before the LORD. And he will remain there from then on.”
  • 1 Sam 1:27-28 : 27 For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him. 28 So I also dedicate him to the LORD. For all the days of his life he is dedicated to the LORD.”Then he bowed down there in worship to the LORD.

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  • Luke 18:15-17
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    15Jesus and Little Children Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

    16But Jesus called for the children, saying,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

    17I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

  • Matt 19:13-15
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    13Jesus and Little Children Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

    14But Jesus said,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

    15And he placed his hands on them and went on his way.

  • Mark 10:13
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    13Jesus and Little Children Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

  • Mark 10:15-16
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    15I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

    16After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.

  • Matt 18:1-6
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    1Questions About the Greatest At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying,“Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

    2He called a child, had him stand among them,

    3and said,“I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

    4Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

    5And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

    6“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

  • Matt 21:14-16
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    14The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

    15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

    16and said to him,“Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them,“Yes. Have you never read,‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”

  • Mark 9:36-39
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    36He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

    37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

    38On Jesus’ Side John said to him,“Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”

    39But Jesus said,“Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

  • Matt 18:10
    74%

    10The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 9:46-50
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    46Concerning the Greatest Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

    47But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,

    48and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

    49On the Right Side John answered,“Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

    50But Jesus said to him,“Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

  • Mark 10:23-24
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    23Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

    24The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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    14In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

  • Mark 9:42
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    42“If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

  • Mark 10:41-42
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    41Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.

    42Jesus called them and said to them,“You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

  • Matt 8:12
    69%

    12but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  • Matt 11:16
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    16“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

  • Matt 14:14
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    14As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

  • Matt 17:17-18
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    17Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”

    18Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

  • Mark 11:15-16
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    15Cleansing the Temple Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

    16and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

  • Luke 18:24
    68%

    24When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

  • Mark 9:1
    68%

    1And he said to them,“I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.”

  • Matt 20:24
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    24Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.

  • Mark 9:14
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    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

  • Luke 9:42
    68%

    42As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • Mark 7:27
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    27He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”

  • Matt 3:14
    67%

    14But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

  • Luke 10:9
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    9Heal the sick in that town and say to them,‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’