²⁴ But I tell you, it shall be more endurable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.

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.