You Parents Hear What Jesus Taught

Text by Ludwig Helmbold

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About this hymn

Date: 1532
Tune: Herr Jesu Christ, Dict Zu Uns Wend
Composer: Dresden from Cantionale Germanicum
Key: F
Meter: 8 8 8 8

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Baptism, Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful), Christian Home/Family, Church on Earth (Church Militant), Discipleship, Duty (see also Law).

Mk 10:13-16 · Jn 1:12-13 · Mt 7:7-11 · Lk 10:21

Musical background

Herr Jesu Christ, Dict Zu Uns Wend is presented in the source key of F, with 2 documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Ludwig Helmbold (1532-1598). Translated by William M. Czamanske, 1939. Music: 'Herr Jesu Christ, Dict Zu Uns Wend' from Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628. Setting: "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906. copyright: public domain.