Matthew 21:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ And they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” “Yes,” Yeshua said to them. “Haven’t you ever read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing toddlers You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And they said to Him, Do You hear what these are saying? And Jesus replied to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have made (provided) perfect praise? [Ps. 8:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and said unto him, Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ They said to Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?” “Yes,” he answered. “Haven’t you ever read, From the mouths of babies and infants you’ve arranged praise for yourself?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And they said to him, "Do you hear what these ones are saying?" But Jesus said to them, "Certainly. Have you never read: For out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have perfected praise?"

Matthew 21:16 Cross References

Psalm 8:2

Adonai our Lord, how excellent is Your Name over all the earth! You set Your splendor above the heavens.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Yeshua said in response, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and discerning and revealed them to infants.

Matthew 12:3

But He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he became hungry, and those with him?

Matthew 19:4

“Haven’t you read?” He answered. “He who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female’

Matthew 22:31

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

Mark 13:17

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

Mark 2:25

And He said to them, “Haven’t you ever read what David did when he was in need, and he and those with him became hungry?

Luke 21:23

“Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath on this people.