²¹ Then he was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the intellectuals and worldly wise and for revealing them to those who are as trusting as little children.^[a] Yes, thank you, Father, for that is the way you wanted it. ²² I am the Agent of my Father in everything; and no one really knows the Son except the Father, and no one really knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

²³ Then, turning to the twelve disciples, he said quietly, “How privileged you are to see what you have seen.