Mark 10:15

15 What I'm about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God's kingdom like a little child will never enter it."

Mark 10:15 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:15

Verily I say, unto you
A form of speech used when our Lord was about to asseverate a thing, and assert something of moment and importance, and which he would have attended to.

Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God;
the Gospel, and the mysteries of it:

as a little child;
laying aside all pride and prejudice, attending thereunto with humility and meekness:

he shall not enter therein;
he shall attain to no true spiritual knowledge of the Gospel; nor should he be admitted into a Gospel church state, and to the ordinances of it.

Mark 10:15 In-Context

13 People were bringing little children to Jesus. They wanted him to touch them. But the disciples told the people to stop.

14 When Jesus saw this, he was angry. He said to his disciples, "Let the little children come to me. Don't keep them away. God's kingdom belongs to people like them.

15 What I'm about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God's kingdom like a little child will never enter it."

16 Then he took the children in his arms. He put his hands on them and blessed them.

17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him. He fell on his knees before Jesus. "Good teacher," he said, "what must I do to receive eternal life?"