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Matthew 21:16-18
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 21:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 And they said to him, “Do you hear what these children[a] are saying?” So Jesus said to them, “Yes, have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies you have prepared for yourself praise’?”[b] 17 And leaving them, he went outside of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
A Barren Fig Tree Cursed
18 Now early in the morning, as he[c] was returning to the city, he was hungry.
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- Matthew 21:16 The word “children” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Matthew 21:16 A quotation from Ps 8:2
- Matthew 21:18 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was returning”) which is understood as temporal
Matthew 21:16-18
New International Version
Matthew 21:16-18
New International Version
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.
“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,
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.
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)
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