At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

"For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

"But blessed [are] your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed [this] to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [it is given] in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.'

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

Then He turned to [His] disciples and said privately, "Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things you see;

For who makes you differ [from another?] And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive [it,] why do you boast as if you had not received [it?]

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

and raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

For what [have] I [to do] with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."

Walk in wisdom toward those [who are] outside, redeeming the time.

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and [that] you may lack nothing.

Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

"Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.