Matthew 21:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The men said to Jesus, “Don't you hear what those children are saying?” “Yes, I do!” Jesus answered. “Don't you know that the Scriptures say, ‘Children and infants will sing praises’?”

Cross References

Psalm 8:2

With praises from children and from tiny infants, you have built a fortress. It makes your enemies silent, and all who turn against you are left speechless.

Matthew 11:25

At that moment Jesus said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people.

Matthew 12:3

Jesus answered: You must have read what David did when he and his followers were hungry.

Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Don't you know that in the beginning the Creator made a man and a woman?

Matthew 22:31

And as for people being raised to life, God was speaking to you when he said,

Mark 13:17

It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children.

Mark 2:25

Jesus answered, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his followers were hungry and in need?

Luke 21:23

It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children! Everywhere in the land people will suffer horribly and be punished.