Such as these : A narrative analysis on Mark 10:13-16

The purpose of this essay is to investigate Jesus’ view on children as it occurs in the Gospel of Mark. This has been done through a narrative analysis of Mark 10:13-16 with special attention to the way Jesus’ teaching on and interaction with children correlates or differs from what might have been expected in his first century Judaism context in the Greco-Roman world, and what this might tell the readers of Mark about the reasons for Jesus’ interest in the children. Was Jesus interested in the children for their own worth, or was he interested in using them as an example to make visible a model for discipleship?