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16 and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'

17 And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

18 and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

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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)