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Atd that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babese.

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Luke 10:21• ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Luke 10:21)

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Psa. 8:2• ²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger. (Psa. 8:2)

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Jer. 1:7‑8• ⁷But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to whomsoever I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
⁸Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 1:7‑8)

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1 Cor. 1:27• ²⁷But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)

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Jesus.

Luke 10:21‑24• ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him.
²³And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
²⁴For 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. (Luke 10:21‑24)

I thank.

1 Chron. 29:13• ¹³And now, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. (1 Chron. 29:13)

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Dan. 2:23• ²³I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter. (Dan. 2:23)

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John 11:41• ⁴¹They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me; (John 11:41)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:13‑14)

Lord.

Gen. 14:19,22• ¹⁹And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High *God, possessor of heavens and earth.
²²And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High *God, possessor of heavens and earth, (Gen. 14:19,22)

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Deut. 10:14‑15• ¹⁴Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah thy God; the earth and all that is therein.
¹⁵Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day. (Deut. 10:14‑15)

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2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, who sittest between the cherubim, thou, the Same, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heavens and the earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

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Isa. 66:1• ¹Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)

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Dan. 4:35• ³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:35)

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Acts 17:24• ²⁴The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, (Acts 17:24)

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Matt. 13:11‑16• ¹¹And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
¹²for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
¹³For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
¹⁴and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
¹⁵for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
¹⁶But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear; (Matt. 13:11‑16)

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Isa. 5:21• ²¹Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (Isa. 5:21)

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Isa. 29:10‑14,18‑19• ¹⁰For Jehovah hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets and your chiefs, the seers, hath he covered.
¹¹And the whole vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed.
¹²And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
¹³And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
¹⁴therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid.
¹⁸And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and, out of obscurity and out of darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see;
¹⁹and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 29:10‑14,18‑19)

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Mark 4:10‑12• ¹⁰And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables.
¹¹And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,
¹²that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven. (Mark 4:10‑12)

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John 7:48‑49• ⁴⁸Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
⁴⁹But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed. (John 7:48‑49)

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John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains. (John 9:39‑41)

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John 12:38‑40• ³⁸that the word of the prophet Esaias which he said might be fulfilled, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
³⁹On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,
⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them. (John 12:38‑40)

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Rom. 11:8‑10• ⁸according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day.
⁹And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway. (Rom. 11:8‑10)

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1 Cor. 1:18‑29• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
²²Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;
²³but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;
²⁴but to those that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom.
²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
²⁶For consider your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.
²⁷But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;
²⁸and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
²⁹so that no flesh should boast before God. (1 Cor. 1:18‑29)

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1 Cor. 2:6‑8• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
⁷But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:
⁸which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;) (1 Cor. 2:6‑8)

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1 Cor. 3:18‑20• ¹⁸Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
²⁰And again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. (1 Cor. 3:18‑20)

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2 Cor. 3:14• ¹⁴But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled. (2 Cor. 3:14)

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2 Cor. 4:3‑6• ³But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;
⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them.
⁵For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
⁶Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:3‑6)

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Matt. 16:17• ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 16:17)

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Matt. 18:3‑4• ³and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
⁴Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens; (Matt. 18:3‑4)

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Matt. 21:16• ¹⁶and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? (Matt. 21:16)

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1 Sam. 2:18• ¹⁸And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod. (1 Sam. 2:18)

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1 Sam. 3:4‑21• ⁴that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.
⁵And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.
⁶And Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.
⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.
⁸And Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.
⁹And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
¹⁰And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.
¹¹And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.
¹³For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
¹⁴And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.
¹⁵And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.
¹⁶And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
¹⁷And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.
¹⁸And Samuel told him all the words, and kept nothing back from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what is good in his sight.
¹⁹And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
²⁰And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.
²¹And Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah. (1 Sam. 3:4‑21)

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Psa. 8:2• ²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger. (Psa. 8:2)

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Jer. 1:5‑8• ⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I hallowed thee, I appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
⁶And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.
⁷But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to whomsoever I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
⁸Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 1:5‑8)

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Mark 10:14‑16• ¹⁴But Jesus seeing it, was indignant, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.
¹⁵Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter into it.
¹⁶And having taken them in his arms, having laid his hands on them, he blessed them. (Mark 10:14‑16)

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1 Cor. 1:27• ²⁷But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)

• Hopes not limited to the earth now, but God looked to as Lord of heaven and earth — sovereign over all things. (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

• {v.25-27} The throne of Israel may be refused Him; the Jews may reject, the leaders despise Him: all this may be, but what is the result? Not merely what was promised to David or Solomon, but "All things are delivered unto Me of My Father." (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

• Refuse Him in His earthly dignity, and He only shines in His heavenly one; despise Him as a man, and He is manifestly God. (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

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At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)