Luke 9:47
But having perceived the thought of their heart, having taken a child, Jesus stood it beside him,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
In Context
46But a thought entered among them, which of them may be greater.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
Matthew 9:4And having known their thoughts Jesus said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?
Matthew 19:13Then children were brought to him, so that he would lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.
Luke 5:22But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, having responded, he said to them, Why do ye deliberate in your hearts?
John 2:25and because he had no need that any man should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
John 21:17He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says t
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:44-51
Ambition of the Disciples Reproved. 43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And… Read the whole commentary →