Luke 10:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

I thank

Matthew 11:25

John 11:41

John 17:24

Thou hast

Colossians 2:2

Revealed

1 Peter 2:1

Even

Ephesians 1:5

General references

Romans 9:16

Colossians 1:19

Bible References

I thank

At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;

Then they removed the boulder, and Jesus, lifting his eyes to heaven, said, "Father, I thank thee for listening to me.

Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Thou hast

Faithful is the God who called you to this fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,

Let no one deceive himself about this; whoever of you imagines he is wise with this world's wisdom must become a 'fool,' if he is really to be wise.

Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing;

May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,

Revealed

He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.

Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.

they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

No, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame what is strong;

We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,

So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind!

Even

destining us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ. Such was the purpose of his will,

General references

You see, it is not a question of human will or effort but of the divine mercy.

For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,