The Children

The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple,
and He healed them.
But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law
saw the wonderful things He did
and the children shouting in the temple area,
"Hosanna to the Son of David,"
they were indignant.

"Do you hear what these children are saying?"
they asked Him.

"Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read,
"'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise'?"

And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany,
where He spent the night.
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"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather your children together,
as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you were not willing.
Look, your house is left to you desolate.
For I tell you,
you will not see Me again until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

(Matthew 21:14-17; 23:37-38)