Out of the mouths of children

After the tables have been overturned, blind and lame people come to Jesus in the temple, and he heals them. Only Matthew tells us that. Children shout: hosanna to the Son of David. The leaders are indignant. Jesus answers with Psalm 8.

There is a reversal here. Those who stood on the edge are now in the middle of the temple: healed people, and children who know nothing of theology. They see who he is. The experts stand by and grumble. God draws praise from mouths nobody took seriously.