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25 At that time Jesus began to say, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [and [a]I acknowledge openly and joyfully to Your honor], that You have hidden these things from the wise and clever and learned, and revealed them to babies [to the [b]childish, untaught, and unskilled].

26 Yes, Father, [I praise You that] such was Your gracious will and good pleasure.

27 All things have been entrusted and delivered to Me by My Father; and no one [c]fully knows and [d]accurately understands the Son except the Father, and no one [e]fully knows and [f]accurately understands the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son [g]deliberately wills to make Him known.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:25 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 11:25 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Matthew 11:27 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Matthew 11:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  5. Matthew 11:27 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  6. Matthew 11:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  7. Matthew 11:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

The Father Revealed in the Son(A)

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,(B) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(C) 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

27 “All things have been committed to me(D) by my Father.(E) No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.(F)

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