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Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
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In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
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All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
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And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:
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For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
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And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
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And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?
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And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
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And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
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But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
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And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.