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Gospel Reading - Hidden from the learned and wise.

²¹Then he was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the intellectuals and worldly wise and for revealing them to those who are as trusting as little children.^a Yes, thank you, Father, for that is the way you wanted it. ²²I am the Agent of my Father in everything; and no one really knows the Son except the Father, and no one really knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

²³Then, turning to the twelve disciples, he said quietly, “How privileged you are to see what you have seen. ²⁴Many a prophet and king of old has longed for these days, to see and hear what you have seen and heard!”

1. literally, “babies.”