14 And those who were blind and those who limped came to Him in the temple area, and (A)He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, “[a]Hosanna to the (B)Son of David,” they became indignant, 16 and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘(C)From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?” 17 And He left them and went out of the city to (D)Bethany, and spent the night there.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:15 Aramaic for Save, we pray

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