My friend Bill DeJong says the following about Mark 10:13:15: Jesus receives infant children and blesses them, saying, “for of such is the kingdom of God.”
Baptists are fond of saying that the kingdom is for those of age and maturity who can repent and believe and not for children. Jesus here says the exact opposite. The kingdom of God is for children: they don’t need to become like us; we all need to become like them. The entrance of children into the kingdom is the norm (cf. Matt.18:3). I think we can safely assume that Jesus is talking here about covenant children. He would not bless non-covenant children or else he would contradict Paul who calls them unclean.
