Luke 10:17–24

¹⁷And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, ‘Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;’ ¹⁸and he said to them, ‘I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen; ¹⁹lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you; ²⁰but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.’ ²¹In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, ‘I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

²²‘All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.’ ²³And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, ‘Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive; ²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.’