mark-9:37,-matthew-18:1-6-niv

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 9:35-37

Matthew’s recital of this passage expounds Mark; he saith Christ said, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of God. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. Luke also relates this passage something more shortly, but without any contradiction to what is said by the other evangelists. The sense is plain:... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 9:33-41

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 9:35. If any man desire.—If any one wishes, as chap. Mark 8:34.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 9:33-41(PARALLELS: Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-50.)Receiving and forbidding.—Surely the disciples might have found something better to talk about on the road from Cæsarea, where they had heard from Jesus of His sufferings, than this miserable wrangle about rank! Probably they understood little of His meaning, but hazily thought that the crisis was at hand when He... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 9:33-37

Mark 9:33-37 The child in the midst. Note: I. That our Lord's lesson lay, not in the humanity, but in the childhood of the child. The disciples had been disputing who should be the greatest, and the Lord wanted to show them that such a dispute had nothing to do with the way things went in His kingdom. Therefore, as a specimen of His subjects, He took a child and set him before them. It was not, it could not, be in virtue of his humanity, it was in virtue of his childhood that this child was... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 9:1-50

Chapter 9And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power ( Mark 9:1 ).Now what did He mean by that? Because those disciples have all died, and we have not yet seen the kingdom of God come with power. Was Jesus mistaken? Well, first of all, no. Jesus was not mistaken. If my interpretation of a scripture would make it appear that Jesus was mistaken, then my... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 9:1-50

Mark 9:2 . And after six days, not counting the two sabbaths, as in Luke 9:28. See on Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:16 . He asked the scribes, what question ye with them? No answer! They had been insulting the disciples because they could not deliver a child, (for so the jews call young people under the age of twenty years) from the power of Satan. 1 Kings 3:7. This was a momentary triumph of the learned adversaries of Christ. They had ridiculed the apostles as impostors, pretending to work... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 9:33-37

Mark 9:33-37What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?The true child our patternWhat is the true child like?I. He is unconscious of himself; self-dissection or analysis is unknown to him.II. He lives in the present.1. He never worries or is anxious about the future; sufficient to the day, for him, is the evil thereof.2. So also, though always aspiring, he is never discontented in the ungrateful or peevish sense; sufficient likewise for the day is the good thereof; he would not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 9:37

37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. Ver. 37. Receiveth not me ] Non removet sed corrigit, saith Erasmus. He receiveth not me only, but him that sent me. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 9:37

receive one: Matthew 10:40-Luke :, Matthew 18:3-Deuteronomy :, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 25:40, Luke 9:48 receive me: Luke 10:16, John 5:23, John 10:30, John 12:44, John 12:45, John 14:21-Isaiah :, 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Reciprocal: Matthew 10:14 - whosoever Matthew 18:2 - General Matthew 18:5 - receiveth Luke 9:5 - whosoever John 13:20 - He John 17:3 - and Jesus Romans 15:7 - receive 3 John 1:9 - receiveth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 9:37

Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.One such little child — Either in years or in heart. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-50

§ 79. HUMILITY ILLUSTRATED BY THE CHILD THE DISPOSSESSOR OF DEMONS WHO FOLLOWETH NOT WITH US, Mark 9:33-50 . (Compare notes on Matthew 18:1-5.) read more