Luke 10:17–24

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷The seventy-two^f returned with joy, saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!”^{* 18}He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.^{* 19}Indeed, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.^{* 20}Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”^*

Jesus Rejoices

²¹At that very hour Jesus^g rejoiced in the Holy Spirit^h and said, “I thankⁱ you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.^{j* 22}All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”^*

²³Then turning to the disciples, Jesus^k said to them privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!^{* 24}For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”^*