16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yea: read ye never, (A)By the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast [a]made perfect the praise?

17 [b]So he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and lodged there.

18 [c]And (B)in the morning, as he returned into the city, he was hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:16 Thou hast made most perfect. We read in David, Thou hast established or grounded, and if the matter be considered well, it is all one that the Evangelist saith, for that is stable and sure, which is most perfect.
  2. Matthew 21:17 Christ doth so forsake the wicked, that yet he hath a consideration and regard of his Church.
  3. Matthew 21:18 Hypocrites shall at length have their masks discovered, and their vizards plucked from their faces.

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]?”(A)

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

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree(C)

18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.

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Footnotes

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