Luke 9:47

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts, took a little child and had him stand next to him.

King James Version (1611)
And Iesus perceiuing ye thought of their heart, tooke a child, and set him by him,

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

English Standard Version
But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side

New American Standard Bible
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their hearts, took a child and had him stand by His side,

New Century Version
Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a little child and stood the child beside him.

Amplified Bible
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and had him stand beside Him,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

Legacy Standard Bible
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

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

Contemporary English Version
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he had a child stand there beside him.

Complete Jewish Bible
But Yeshua, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, took a child, stood him beside himself,

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

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a little child and stood the child beside him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, & set him by him,

George Lamsa Translation
But Jesus knew the reasoning of their heart, and he took a boy and made him stand by him.

Good News Translation
Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a child, stood him by his side,

Lexham English Bible
But Jesus, because he knew the thoughts of their hearts, took hold of a child and had him stand beside him

Literal Translation
And seeing the argument of their heart, taking a child, Jesus stood it beside Himself,

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

Bible in Basic English
But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their hearts, he took a small child and put him by his side,

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua, perceiving the reasoning of their heart, took a little child, and set him by his side,

International Standard Version
But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him.

Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu knew the thought of their heart; and he took a child and made him stand with him.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus knew the thought of their heart: and he took a child, and placed him near to him;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Iesus perceaued the thought of their heartes, he toke a chylde, and set hym harde by hym,

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

World English Bible
Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their heart, took a little child, and set him by his side,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus seeing the thought of their heart, took a little child,

Weymouth's New Testament
And Jesus, knowing the reasoning that was in their hearts, took a young child and made him stand by His side

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesu, seynge the thouytis of the herte of hem, took a child, and settide hym bisidis hym;

Update Bible Version
But Jesus knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a little child, and set him by his side,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

New English Translation
But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,

New King James Version
And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him,

New Living Translation
But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side.

New Life Bible
Jesus knew what they were thinking. He put a child beside Him.

New Revised Standard
But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their heart, taking a child, placed it near himself, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Jesus seeing the thoughts of their hearts, took a child and set him by him,

Revised Standard Version
But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he took a child and put him by his side,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Iesus perceaved ye thoughtes of their hertes he toke a chylde and set him hard by him

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But wha Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their hert, he toke a childe, & set him harde by him,

Mace New Testament (1729)
but Jesus perceiving what they thought, took a child and set him before him: then said to them,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus heard them, and called a little kid over next to him and

Contextual Overview

⁴⁴Keep It Simple Jesus now called the Twelve and gave them authority and power to deal with all the demons and cure diseases. He commissioned them to preach the news of God's kingdom and heal the sick. He said, "Don't load yourselves up with equipment. Keep it simple; you are the equipment. And no luxury inns—get a modest place and be content there until you leave. If you're not welcomed, leave town. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and move on." Commissioned, they left. They traveled from town to town telling the latest news of God, the Message, and curing people everywhere they went. Herod, the ruler, heard of these goings on and didn't know what to think. There were people saying John had come back from the dead, others that Elijah had appeared, still others that some prophet of long ago had shown up. Herod said, "But I killed John—took off his head. So who is this that I keep hearing about?" Curious, he looked for a chance to see him in action. The apostles returned and reported on what they had done. Jesus took them away, off by themselves, near the town called Bethsaida. But the crowds got wind of it and followed. Jesus graciously welcomed them and talked to them about the kingdom of God. Those who needed healing, he healed. As the day declined, the Twelve said, "Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the farms or villages around here and get a room for the night and a bite to eat. We're out in the middle of nowhere." "You feed them," Jesus said. They said, "We couldn't scrape up more than five loaves of bread and a couple of fish—unless, of course, you want us to go to town ourselves and buy food for everybody." (There were more than five thousand people in the crowd.) But he went ahead and directed his disciples, "Sit them down in groups of about fifty." They did what he said, and soon had everyone seated. He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread and fish to the disciples to hand out to the crowd. After the people had all eaten their fill, twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered up. One time when Jesus was off praying by himself, his disciples nearby, he asked them, "What are the crowds saying about me, about who I am?" They said, "John the Baptizer. Others say Elijah. Still others say that one of the prophets from long ago has come back." He then asked, "And you—what are you saying about me? Who am I?" Peter answered, "The Messiah of God." Jesus then warned them to keep it quiet. They were to tell no one what Peter had said. He went on, "It is necessary that the Son of Man proceed to an ordeal of suffering, be tried and found guilty by the religious leaders, high priests, and religion scholars, be killed, and on the third day be raised up alive." Then he told them what they could expect for themselves: "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat—I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? If any of you is embarrassed with me and the way I'm leading you, know that the Son of Man will be far more embarrassed with you when he arrives in all his splendor in company with the Father and the holy angels. This isn't, you realize, pie in the sky by and by. Some who have taken their stand right here are going to see it happen, see with their own eyes the kingdom of God." About eight days after saying this, he climbed the mountain to pray, taking Peter, John, and James along. While he was in prayer, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became blinding white. At once two men were there talking with him. They turned out to be Moses and Elijah—and what a glorious appearance they made! They talked over his exodus, the one Jesus was about to complete in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Peter and those with him were slumped over in sleep. When they came to, rubbing their eyes, they saw Jesus in his glory and the two men standing with him. When Moses and Elijah had left, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, this is a great moment! Let's build three memorials: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He blurted this out without thinking. While he was babbling on like this, a light-radiant cloud enveloped them. As they found themselves buried in the cloud, they became deeply aware of God. Then there was a voice out of the cloud: "This is my Son, the Chosen! Listen to him." When the sound of the voice died away, they saw Jesus there alone. They were speechless. And they continued speechless, said not one thing to anyone during those days of what they had seen. When they came down off the mountain the next day, a big crowd was there to meet them. A man called from out of the crowd, "Please, please, Teacher, take a look at my son. He's my only child. Often a spirit seizes him. Suddenly he's screaming, thrown into convulsions, his mouth foaming. And then it beats him black-and-blue before it leaves. I asked your disciples to deliver him but they couldn't." Jesus said, "What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring your son here." While he was coming, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into convulsions. Jesus stepped in, ordered the vile spirit gone, healed the boy, and handed him back to his father. They all shook their heads in wonder, astonished at God's greatness, God's majestic greatness. While they continued to stand around exclaiming over all the things he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, "Treasure and ponder each of these next words: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into human hands." ⁴⁵ They didn't get what he was saying. It was like he was speaking a foreign language and they couldn't make heads or tails of it. But they were embarrassed to ask him what he meant. ⁴⁶They started arguing over which of them would be most famous. When Jesus realized how much this mattered to them, he brought a child to his side. "Whoever accepts this child as if the child were me, accepts me," he said. "And whoever accepts me, accepts the One who sent me. You become great by accepting, not asserting. Your spirit, not your size, makes the difference." ⁴⁹ John spoke up, "Master, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped him because he wasn't of our group." ⁵⁰ Jesus said, "Don't stop him. If he's not an enemy, he's an ally."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

perceiving: Luke 5:22, Luke 7:39, Luke 7:40, Psalms 139:2, Psalms 139:23, Jeremiah 17:10, John 2:25, John 16:30, John 21:17, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

took: Matthew 18:2-4, Matthew 19:13-15, Mark 10:14, Mark 10:15, 1 Corinthians 14:20, 1 Peter 2:1, 1 Peter 2:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:17 - thou shalt Matthew 9:4 - knowing Matthew 22:18 - perceived

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart,.... Not by any words he had heard; for the dispute was on the road, as they came along behind him; but as the omniscient God, who is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, he was privy to all their ambition, and the vanity of their minds, and to all their reasonings and debates: though he was before them, and out of the reach of hearing of them: and when he came to Capernaum, after having asked them what they disputed about by the way;

he took a child and set him by him. The Ethiopic version reads, "before them", the disciples; and Matthew and Mark say, "he set him in the midst of them"; all which were true, Jesus sitting in the midst of them; so, that the child he set by him, was in the middle of them and before them; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 18:1-5. Compare Mark 9:33-38.