Luke 10:17-24

The Return of the Seventy-Two

17 ¹The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ²even the demons are subject to us in your name! ”

18 And he said to them, ³“I saw Satan ⁴fall like lightning from heaven.

19 Behold, I have given you authority ⁵to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ⁶the enemy, and ⁷nothing shall hurt you.

20 ⁸Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ⁹your names are written in heaven. ”

Jesus Rejoices in the Father’s Will

21 ¹⁰In that same hour ¹¹he rejoiced ¹²in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, ¹³Lord of heaven and earth, that ¹⁴you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ¹⁵revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ¹⁶such was your gracious will. ^[a]

22 ¹⁷All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ¹⁸except the Father, or who the Father is ¹⁹except the Son and anyone ²⁰to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ”

23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ²¹“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

24 For I tell you ²²that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. ”

Cross References

• 1. 10:17 ver. 1
• 2. 10:17 See Mark 16:17
• 3. 10:18 [John 12:31; 16:11; Col. 2:15; Rev. 12:8, 9]
• 4. 10:18 [Isa. 14:12; Rev. 9:1]
• 5. 10:19 Ps. 91:13; Mark 16:18; Acts 28:5
• 6. 10:19 Matt. 13:39
• 7. 10:19 ch. 21:18; [Rom. 8:28, 39]
• 8. 10:20 [Matt. 7:22, 23]
• 9. 10:20 Ex. 32:32, 33; Ps. 69:28; Isa. 4:3; Ezek. 13:9; Dan. 12:1; Phil. 4:3; Heb. 12:23
• 10. 10:21 For ver. 21, 22, see Matt. 11:25-27
• 11. 10:21 [Isa. 53:11]
• 12. 10:21 [Mark 12:36]
• 13. 10:21 See Acts 17:24
• 14. 10:21 Job 37:24; 1 Cor. 1:19-27; 2 Cor. 3:14
• 15. 10:21 Ps. 8:2; Matt. 21:16; [ch. 8:10; Matt. 16:17]
• 16. 10:21 [ch. 12:32]
• 17. 10:22 John 1:18; 6:46; 7:29; 8:19; 10:15; 17:25; See Matt. 28:18
• 18. 10:22 John 1:18; 6:46; 7:29; 8:19; 10:15; 17:25; See Matt. 28:18
• 19. 10:22 John 1:18; 6:46; 7:29; 8:19; 10:15; 17:25; See Matt. 28:18
• 20. 10:22 [John 17:26]
• 21. 10:23 Matt. 13:16, 17; [Matt. 16:17]
• 22. 10:24 Heb. 11:13; 1 Pet. 1:10-12; [John 8:56]

Footnotes

• [a] 10:21 Or 'for so it pleased you well'