Luke 10:24
22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
23 Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
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.”
25 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
- WEB
- for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”
- ASV
- for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
- DARBY
- For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see [them]; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear [them].
- BLB
- For I say to you⁺ that many prophets and kings desired to see what you⁺ see and did not see, and to hear what you⁺ hear and did not hear.”
- ÅB
- for jeg sier dere: Mange profeter og konger har villet se det dere ser, og har ikke fått se det, og høre det dere hører, og har ikke fått høre det.
- OTB
- For jeg sier dere at mange profeter og konger ønsket å se det dere ser, men fikk ikke se det, og å høre det dere hører, men fikk ikke høre det."
- B1930
- for jeg sier eder: Mange profeter og konger har villet se det I ser, og har ikke fått se det, og høre det I hører, og har ikke fått høre det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
Read in context1 Peter 1:10–12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
Read in contextHebrews 11:13
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Read in contextHebrews 11:39
These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
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