Matthew 21:16

and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yea; whether ye have never read, That (out) of the mouth (s) of young children, and of suckling children, thou hast made perfect praising?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

In Context

15But the princes of (the) priests, and the scribes, (or But the high priests, and the scribes), seeing the marvelous [or the wonderful] things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they had indignation [or disdain],

17And when he had left them, he went forth out of the city, into Bethany; and there he dwelt, and taught them of the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25In that time Jesus answered, and said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men, and ready, [or wary, or prudent, or sly], (or for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent), and hast showed them to little children;

Matthew 19:4Which answered, and said to them, Have ye not read, for he that made men at the beginning, made them male and female?

Mark 2:25And he said to them, Read ye never what David did, when he had need, and he hungered, and they that were with him?

John 11:47Therefore the bishops (or And so the high priests), and the Pharisees gathered a council against Jesus, and said, What do we (do)? for this man doeth many miracles [or many signs].

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:13-18

The Profaners of the Temple Punished. 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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