Luke 9:47

Amplified Bible

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

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.

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

⁴³They were all amazed [practically overwhelmed] at the [evidence of the] greatness of God and His majesty and His wondrous work. But while they were still awed by everything Jesus was doing, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁴"Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is going to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies]." ⁴⁵However, they did not understand this statement. Its meaning was kept hidden from them so that they would not grasp it; and they were afraid to ask Him about it. ⁴⁶An argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest [surpassing the others in esteem and authority]. ⁴⁷But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and had him stand beside Him,⁴⁸and He told them, "Whoever welcomes this child in My name welcomes Me; and whoever welcomes Me [also] welcomes Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you [that is, the one who is genuinely humble—the one with a realistic self-view]—he is the one who is [truly] great." ⁴⁹John replied, "Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name; and we tried to stop him because he does not follow along with us." ⁵⁰But Jesus told him, "Do not stop him; for he who is not against you is for you."

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.