Luke 10:24
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
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.
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
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 to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
Read in context1 Peter 1:10–12
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Read in contextHebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Read in contextHebrews 11:39
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
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