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Time after Pentecost · Proper 22 · Year B

Mark 10:2-16

Teaching on Divorce and Blessing the Children

October 3, 2027

Let the Little Children Come to Me, Joos van Winghe
Let the Little Children Come to Me, Joos van Winghe, 16th century(Flemish Renaissance painting)
A Flemish painting of mothers pushing forward with infants while the disciples try to hold them back, and Christ overruling them.Let the little children come to me; do not stop them: the reading is the disciples being wrong about who counts.Joos van WingheA Brussels painter who fled to Frankfurt for religious reasons, working in a late mannerist style.(Flemish Renaissance painting)No holding institution is recorded with the image; it is known from reproduction.(Flemish Renaissance painting)
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 10:2-16Mk 10:2-16
EpistleHeb. 2:1-13 (14-18)Heb 2:1-13 (14-18)
Old TestamentGen. 2:18-25Gn 2:18-25
PsalterPs. 128Ps 128

Overview & Insights

"Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs." (Mark 10:14)

Jesus answers a test question about divorce by appealing to God's creation intent for marriage, then welcomes and blesses the children brought to him as models of receiving the kingdom.

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Commentary

Commentary on Mark 10:2-16Commentary on Mk 10:2-16 Working Preacher

The Lutheran seminary exegetical commentary keyed to this exact Year B reading.

Mark 10Mk 10 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Commentaries on Mark 10:2Commentaries on Mk 10:2 BibleHub

Stacks classic commentators such as Barnes, Gill, and Ellicott on the divorce question.

Mark 10 CommentaryMk 10 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse level study notes gathering multiple evangelical sources.

Coffman's Commentary on Mark 10Coffman's Commentary on Mk 10 StudyLight

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Background & Word Study

Mark 10:2 InterlinearMk 10:2 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text with parsing for close word study.

Gospel of Mark OverviewGospel of Mk Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of Mark's literary design and message.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Mark 10Catena on Mk 10 Catena

Patristic and medieval comments gathered verse by verse.

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Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

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