Mark 10:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ Then He lifted up the children into His arms, and placing His hands on them, He asked God’s blessing on them.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And He took them [the children up one by one] in His arms and [fervently invoked a] blessing, placing His hands upon them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then he hugged the children and blessed them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And embracing them, and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.

Mark 10:16 Cross References

Mark 9:36

And He took a little child and placed it in front of them, and lifting the child up into His arms, He said to them,

Mark 14:22

And as they were eating He took a [small] loaf of bread, and when He had asked God’s blessing on it, He broke it and gave [pieces] to His disciples and said, “Take this, it is [i.e., represents] my [physical] body.”