Mark 10:15

This verse occurs in Mark and Luke (Luke 18:17), but Matthew recorded Jesus’ similar statement on another occasion (Matthew 18:3). It expands Jesus’ words in Mark 10:14. Jesus’ point was that people must receive things associated with the kingdom of God as children receive things, namely, with trust and dependence on Himself. Personal ability and effort do not determine one’s reception of God’s best gifts, but a proper orientation to Jesus does.

"We tell the children to behave like adults, but Jesus tells the adults to model themselves after the children!" [Note: Wiersbe, 1:145.]