Children Praise Jesus

14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and the children shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant 16 and said to him, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”

Jesus replied, “Yes, have you never read:

You have prepared[a] praise(A)
from the mouths of infants and nursing babies?” [b]

17 Then he left them, went out of the city to Bethany,(B) and spent the night there.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:16 Or restored
  2. 21:16 Ps 8:2

14 (A)And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 (B)But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, (C)“Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; (D)have you never read,

(E)“‘Out of the mouth of (F)infants and nursing babies
    you have prepared praise’?”

17 And (G)leaving them, he (H)went out of the city to (I)Bethany and lodged there.

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14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.(A) 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,”(B) they were indignant.(C)

16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.

“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,

“‘From the lips of children and infants
    you, Lord, have called forth your praise’[a]?”(D)

17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany,(E) where he spent the night.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)