Matthew 21:16-18

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁶ They said to him, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”

Jesus replied, “Yes, I do. Have you never read, ‘From the mouths of little children and infants, you have created praise’?”

¹⁷ He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree^(A)

¹⁸ In the morning, as Jesus returned to the city, he became hungry.