Matthew 21:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ The blind and ·crippled people [lame] came to Jesus in the Temple [courts; v. 12], and he healed them. ¹⁵ [^LBut when] The ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the ·teachers of the law [scribes] saw that Jesus was doing wonderful things and that the children were praising him in the Temple [courts; v. 12], saying, “·Praise [^LHosanna; v. 9] to the Son of David [^Ca title for the Messiah; v. 9].” All these things made the priests and the ·teachers of the law [scribes] ·very angry [indignant].

¹⁶ They asked Jesus, “Do you hear the things these children are saying?”

Jesus answered, “Yes. Haven’t you read in the Scriptures, ·‘You have taught children and babies to sing praises’ [^L‘From the mouths of infants and nursing babes you have prepared/created praise’; Ps. 8:2 LXX]?”