Luke 10:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:

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  • Matt 13:16-17 : 16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open. 17 For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

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    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

    15For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

    16But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

    17For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

  • Luke 10:24
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    24For 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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    20And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

    21Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

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    21In 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.

    22All 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.

  • Mark 10:23-24
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    23And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

    24And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

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    33They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

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    10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

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    28But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

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    26Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

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    30And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

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    22And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

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    29Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!

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    9He who has ears, let him give ear.

    10And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

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    15And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

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    16But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

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    17If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

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    18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

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    16And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

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