World English Bible
Luke 10:24
“for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.”
Verse in context — Luke 10
Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.
Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,
for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?
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