19 Look, I have given you the authority(A) to trample(B) on snakes(C) and scorpions(D) and over all the power of the enemy;(E) nothing will ever harm you.(F) 20 However, don’t rejoice that[a] the spirits(G) submit to you,(H) but rejoice that your names are written(I) in heaven.”

The Son Reveals the Father

21 In that same hour(J) He[b] rejoiced in the Holy[c] Spirit(K) and said, “I praise[d] You, Father,(L) Lord of heaven and earth,(M) because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned(N) and have revealed them to infants.(O) Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.[e](P)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:20 Lit don’t rejoice in this, that
  2. Luke 10:21 Other mss read Jesus
  3. Luke 10:21 Other mss omit Holy
  4. Luke 10:21 Or thank, or confess
  5. Luke 10:21 Lit was well-pleasing in Your sight

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