Luke 9:47 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 9:47

And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

KJV

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ASV

But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side,

WEB

But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.

YLT

and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

DBT

And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having taken a little child set it by him,

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Psalms 139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Luke 5:22
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
John 16:30
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
Matthew 19:13–15
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

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It is a good reason why we should keep up a strict government of our thoughts because Christ takes a strict cognizance of them. Christ will have his disciples to aim at that honour which is to be obtained by a quiet and condescending humility, and not at that which is to be obtained by a restless and aspiring ambition. Christ took a child, and set him by him,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This passage we had before, and, the more is the pity, we shall meet with the like again. Ambition of honour, and strife for superiority and precedency, are sins that most easily beset the disciples of our Lord Jesus, for which they deserve to be severely rebuked; they flow from corruptions which they are highly concerned to subdue and mortify,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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