Matthew 21:14-16
The Voice
14 Then the blind and the lame came to the temple, and Jesus healed them. 15 Rings of children circled round and sang, “Hosanna to the Son of David.” But the priests and scribes didn’t understand. When they saw the upturned tables, the walking paralytics, and the singing children, they were shocked, indignant, and angry, and they did not understand.
Priests and Scribes: 16 Do you hear what these children are saying?
Jesus: Yes. Haven’t you read your own psalter? “From the mouths and souls of infants and toddlers, the most innocent, You have decreed praises for Yourself.”[a]
Matthew 21:14-16
New International Version
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,
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)
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