King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 21:16
“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?›”
Verse in context — Matthew 21
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 children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
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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?›
17
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18
Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
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