Matthew 21:14-15

21:14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them. 21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law ¹  saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, ²  “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ³  entered the temple courts, ⁴  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ⁵  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

[21:15]  ¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[21:15]  ² tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[21:23]  ¹ tn Grk “he.”

[21:23]  ² tn Grk “the temple.”

[21:23]  ³ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1