¹⁶ and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'

² From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

²⁵ At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

³ And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

⁴ And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made `them', from the beginning a male and a female made them,

³¹ `And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

²⁵ And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

³⁹ And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;'

⁴⁰ and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

⁴⁷ the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

¹⁶ saying, `What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign hath been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem `is' manifest, and we are not able to deny `it';

¹⁷ but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

¹⁸ And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,