Luke 10:21-23

Contemporary English Version

Jesus Thanks His Father

(Matthew 11.25-27; 13.16,17)

²¹ At that same time, Jesus felt the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit,^[a] and he said:

My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. Yes, Father, this is what pleased you.

^22 (A) My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who really knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so they can know him too.

²³ Jesus then turned to his disciples and said to them in private, “You are really blessed to see what you see!