Mark 9:36-37

[36] And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and him in his arms, he said unto them, [37] Whosoever shall receive one of such children in name, receiveth and whosoever shall receive not but him that sent

What is the context of Mark 9:36-37?

True Greatness (Mark 9:33-37 true)
The Question About Who Is Greatest (Mark 9:33-37 true)
The Greatest in the Kingdom (Mark 9:33-37 true)
Who Is the Greatest? (Mark 9:33-37 true)
Death and Resurrection Foretold (Mark 9:30-37 true)
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time .( U .) (Mark 9:30-37 true)

What does Mark 9:36-37 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

A child was the least significant person in Jewish and in Greco-Roman culture. ^[1] By using a child as His object lesson, Jesus was saying that service involves caring about people, even insignificant people such as children. The same Aramaic word means both "child" and "servant." ^[2]

"Jesus was one of the first ever to see how essentially precious any person Isaiah , particularly a young child. A concern for children was not invented by the welfare state: it goes back to the teaching of Jesus." ^[3]

Jesus proceeded to compare the humblest of His disciples to the child (cf. Mark 9:42). This was the focus of Jesus" teaching that Matthew recorded (cf. Matthew 18:3-14).