So, do turn to Luke 10.
Luke 10.
I'm in the middle of a three-week series,
!
About what motivates human beings.
It's a really fascinating paper.
In that paper, he proposed that there were five fundamental human needs
that motivate human behaviour.
He described them as a hierarchy
in which each progressive need must be fulfilled
before a person can move on to fulfil the next need.
A bit like a pyramid.
And his description of the five key needs went like this.
Number one, physiological needs.
Things like food and water and warmth and rest.
That's number one.
Number two, safety needs.
Every human being needs security and safety.
Number three, belonging and love needs.
Intimacy, friends, family.
And number four, esteem needs.
Respect, feeling of accomplishment, recognition.
And number five, self-actualisation needs.
That is achieving one's full potential.
Physiological needs.
Safety.
Belonging and love needs.
Esteem needs.
And self-actualisation needs.
And of course, we could argue, couldn't we,
about the order in which Maslow's put them.
Whether there should be an order at all.
And lots of psychologists, I'm told,
have kind of argued non-stop since about that.
But there's a reason why Maslow's hierarchy is still discussed today.
Because actually, he's on to something.
Most human beings feel at those kind of motivations
in one form or another at some point.
And Maslow summarised a lot of human motivations very well.
And so today, in tonight's passage,
we come to number three on Maslow's scales.
Love and emotional needs.
But I'm most interested in how he describes it
as a basic human need.
Humans need love.
And as Maslow points out,
the desire to be loved
drives a lot of human behaviour.
Now, you know that's true.
And when it comes to love,
I think that is the dominant way
that people in the world think about it.
Love is something that we all need.
Some would argue all you need is love.
Love is something that we're trying to find
and trying to hang on to.
But I hope you realise
that when Christians talk about love,
we're starting at a quite different point,
aren't we?
Christians often talk about love
not so much as something to be found
and clung on to,
but something to give.
In our society,
love is so often framed
as the thing that I want.
There's a need for me to be loved.
But in the kingdom of God,
love is framed as something I share.
There is a need not so much
for me to be loved
as to love.
Now, I know that I've just really
overstated the case.
And I'm not suggesting for a moment
that no one in the world
is looking to give love
and only to receive it.
I know that's not true.
But I do think I'm describing
a real difference
in the fundamental way
people think in our world.
and the way people in the kingdom of God
think about love.
And I hope that difference
will be recognisable to you.
Last week, we spoke about
the kingdom of God and work.
This week, we're talking about
the kingdom of God
and the need for love.
Love, not as psychologists
might understand it,
but love according to God.
And so let's get to our passage.
Come on up, yes.
Come on up.
And I want us to look
just at verses 25 to 37.
And we're going to see the story
of the not-so-good lawyer.
The great thing is about
having an outline
and putting that on the
kind of PowerPoint
is that you can get away
with a bad outline.
And so the passage
that is in front of you,
I want to call the story
of the not-so-good lawyer.
My title is very different
from the ESV's title.
Can you see the ESV's title?
And they call this section,
like pretty much every Bible version
that puts titles in,
the parable of the Good Samaritan.
And there is a parable
within the passage.
But I want to argue
that primarily,
verses 25 to 37,
are a true story.
There's a Samaritan
in the parable,
in the story,
but the main character
of verses 25 to 37
is the lawyer.
And the Samaritan
in the parable,
in the story,
he might be good,
but the lawyer
in this true story,
which this story
is really about,
he thinks he's really good,
but in reality,
not so much.
So I want to argue
my title is better
than the ESV's.
It's a little bit
less catchy, isn't it?
But it is really
about the true story
of the not-so-good lawyer.
And basically,
what you find is
in these verses,
there's a discussion
between the lawyer
and Jesus.
It's a series
of questions
and answers.
It's a dialogue.
And that's how
I want us to look at it.
So in verse 25,
you've got a question
about the way to life.
Verse 25 begins
with a brief introduction
to the lawyer.
He's an expert
in the law.
And of course,
the law that he's
an expert in
is the religious laws
of the Jews.
The legal material
that you've got
in the Old Testament.
And perhaps
some extra bits as well.
If you're trying
to locate this guy,
you're better off
thinking about him
as having an office
in a theological college
rather than
the boardroom
in the city
or a city law firm.
And this expert
in the Jewish law
has a question
for Jesus.
But even that,
it's not a question
like a little
inquisitive child
asks a parent
because they're curious
to learn something.
It's more like
a mischievous teenager
asking the student teacher,
trying to catch them out,
trying to make them
look stupid.
And so Luke tells us
in verse 25
what the lawyer's motive is.
Can you see that?
Verse 25.
He wants to test Jesus.
He hasn't come to Jesus
looking to learn from him.
He was more interested
in showing Jesus up.
And so this is the question
he came up with.
He said,
Teacher,
what must I do
to inherit eternal life?
And I suspect
he already has an answer
to that question
in his own head.
It would be hard
to be an expert
in the Jewish law
and not to have thought
lots about this already.
But he wants to know
what Jesus says.
He's particularly interested
in whether Jesus
will show himself
to be out of step
with the Jewish teachers.
And so Jesus gives him
an answer about life
through love,
doesn't he?
Verses 26 to 28.
And of course,
Jesus is not going
to be trapped so easily.
In verse 26,
he responds to
the lawyer's question
with a question of his own.
Verse 26.
He said to him,
What is written in the law?
How do you read it?
What does the law say?
That's what Jesus asks him.
But I wonder
whether there's a bit
of attitude
in Jesus' tone.
I wonder whether
there's a little bit of,
Well, you're the expert.
You tell me.
And of course,
our lawyer man,
well, he's got
a tightly worded response
in his back pocket already.
He says,
You can inherit
eternal life
through two kinds of love.
Love for God
with all your heart,
soul, strength,
and mind,
and love for your neighbor.
What was Jesus saying next?
Well, we find out
in verse 28.
And Jesus said to him,
You've answered correctly.
Do this and you will live.
And interestingly,
the word correctly there
is the Greek word
from which we get
the word orthodox.
Jesus responds by saying,
It's an orthodox answer.
It's straight down the line.
None of his Jewish
lawyer buddies
would have faulted his answer.
You've proved your orthodoxy.
Of course,
Jesus summarizes the law
in a similar way
in other places,
doesn't he?
But I think we do wonder,
what does Jesus' words
here really mean?
He seems to agree
with the lawyer
that these two kinds of love,
they are the way
to eternal life.
Could that be right?
I think the first thing
we've got to say
is that Jesus can see
into this man's heart,
can't he?
And he knows
he's not here to listen
but to entrap him.
And Jesus is refusing
to be drawn
into the lawyer's game.
But it's also important
to recognize
that Jesus wouldn't say this
if he thought
it was false.
There is, of course,
a sense in which
this is true.
That if a person
were to love God
with all their heart
and with all their soul
and all their strength
and all their mind
and if they were to love
their neighbors
as themselves,
then they would be
the perfect embodiment
of God's law.
They would be without sin.
They would have
no need of forgiveness
and they could be confident
of inheriting eternal life
on that basis.
And so I think Jesus
is affirming that here.
I don't think for a second
that Jesus thought
this man was able to do it.
And nor any other man
for that matter
with one significant exception.
But nevertheless,
in the cut and thrust
of this conversation,
Jesus is happy
at this point
to sign off
on the orthodoxy
of the lawyer's answer.
And so the next question
comes in verse 29
and it's a question
about who to love.
Perhaps Jesus knew
that the lawyer,
he wouldn't be able
to leave it there.
You could see
into the man's heart.
He would have known
that he wasn't just
interested in testing Jesus,
he was also very keen
to justify himself.
So once again
in verse 29,
Luke reveals to us
the lawyer's motives.
And of course,
in this respect,
Jesus hasn't given
the lawyer
any satisfaction at all.
Perhaps what he was
really after from Jesus
was an affirmation
that he stood
to inherit eternal life.
You'll be okay.
And while Jesus
has conceded,
hasn't he,
the orthodoxy
of the guy,
Jesus hasn't even
gone close
to assuring him
that he has
eternal life.
So the lawyer
won't drop it.
Jesus isn't playing
his game,
so he's got another
question.
Verse 29,
but he desiring
to justify himself
said to Jesus,
well, who is my neighbor?
He wants to know,
if I've got to do
the neighbor love
to inherit eternal life,
who do you think
that that includes?
It's a question
about who to love.
It's a question
about where the limits are,
about how far
one has to go
in loving neighbors.
And so Jesus
gives him in verses
30 to 37
an answer
on how to love.
And if Jesus'
previous answer
was predictable,
I think we've got
to admit that
Jesus' next answer
is completely
unexpected.
in response
about the lawyer's
question about
who to love,
Jesus tells a story
as he often did.
It's a story
that's become
one of the most
well-known stories
in the history
of the world.
I don't think
that's an exaggeration.
And of course,
you know it well,
so I'm not going
to retell it to you.
But this is a story
about what love
looks like.
All three
passers-by
see the injured man.
That's clear
in the text.
The priest
and the Levite,
they are the one
in possession
of the law.
We just hear
the lawyer
discussing with Jesus
and we might
therefore have
expected them
to stop
and love their
neighbor.
But they didn't.
But of course,
Jesus shocks
his audience,
doesn't he,
by telling them
that the one
who saw
the injured man
and actually
had pity,
compassion on him
was a Samaritan.
And as you know,
the Jews
and the Samaritans
didn't get on.
So Jesus'
hearers
would not have
expected a Samaritan
passer-by
to help a needy Jew.
But in Jesus'
story,
he's the only one
that does.
And by telling
the story
in the way
that Jesus
does,
he is making
a comment
about the foolish
racial divide
that there is
between the Samaritans
and the Jews
of his day.
He points out
that failing
to help a dying
man because of
the country
he comes from
or because
of who his
grandparents were
is a failure
to love.
Jesus is
waving Samaritan
lives matter
in the face
of the Jews.
And we can't
avoid the fact
that this is a
story about
racism.
Perhaps it is
one of the
Bible's most
potent messages
on this theme.
But it is
much,
much more
than that.
It is much,
much more
than that
because it
is a story
about love.
The priest
and the Levite,
they failed
to love.
The Samaritan
loved.
He had
compassion.
He showed
mercy.
And with
this story,
Jesus shows
that the love
which pleases
God is a
love that
extends to
the unlikely
one.
And when
the lawyer
asks Jesus,
who is my
neighbor,
this is
Jesus'
answer.
It's anyone
who crosses
your path
and needs
your help.
It's anyone
who crosses
your path
and needs
your help.
Let me
pause there.
We live
in an age,
don't we,
where we are
bombarded by
needs,
where we know
more about the
needs on the
other side of
the world
than often we
do on the
other side of
the street.
And we
cannot meet
those needs,
all of them.
And I do
think it's a
really helpful
point that Jesus
gives you.
it's anyone
who crosses
your path
and needs
your help,
regardless of
their race,
regardless of
your religious
convictions,
regardless of
how you might
feel about
them.
Jesus does
answer the
lawyer's
question,
but he also
suggests by
his answer
that there's
a better
question to
ask.
The lawyer
asks the
question about
who to
love,
and Jesus
answers with
a story about
how to
love.
And you
love by
showing compassion
to the
unlikely one.
And you
love by
going out
of your
way to
show mercy,
and that's
what the
Samaritan
did.
He went
above and
beyond what
anyone could
have expected
him to do.
He didn't
just stop and
help the guy
move on.
He didn't
just take the
man to
where you
could get
further help.
He paid for
the man to
be cared for,
and he
promised to
come back
again and
pay if more
was needed.
The
Samaritan's
love was not
just for an
unlikely person,
it was
staggeringly
generous.
And that's
Jesus' point
too,
isn't it?
The
Samaritan
does not
just do
the minimum.
He loves
his neighbor
generously,
with a
large heart.
And then
having finished
the story,
Jesus underlines
the fact that
this is a
story more
about how
to love
than who
to love.
So listen
to his
question in
verse 36.
Which of
these three
do you
think proved
to be a
neighbor to
the man
who fell
among the
robbers?
The lawyer
pompously
asked,
who is my
neighbor?
And Jesus
responds by
suggesting that
he should
think less
about who
his neighbor
is,
and more
about how
to be a
neighbor.
And Jesus
sends him on
his way with
the exhortation,
do as the
Samaritan did.
And once
again,
isn't it
wonderful,
Jesus is
masterful,
he turns
the tables
on someone
who came
to trap
him.
The
cocky
lawyer
goes home
with his
tail between
his legs
because the
one he
came to
test
ends up
testing
him.
And so
who am
I?
That's where
I kind of
want us to
get to
tonight and
spend the
rest of
our time
in
application.
Jesus'
words,
they do
test us,
don't they?
I find that
again and
again as I
come to
the Gospels,
even this
evening.
And as
Jesus speaks,
we find him
searching our
hearts,
and Jesus'
words search
us tonight.
And so I
want to return
to the question
that we
finished with
last week.
Do you
remember?
Who does
Jesus say
that I am?
And what
do the words
of Jesus
reveal about
my identity
as one
of his
followers?
In the
kingdom of
Jesus,
who am
I?
And once
again this
evening,
I think
this passage
gives us
two important
answers.
Who am
I?
I am
someone who
needs to
love.
As a
disciple of
Jesus Christ,
I am
someone who
needs to
love.
Now that's
the usual
application of
this passage.
Who am
I?
I'm a
neighbor.
I'm a
neighbor to
anyone who
God brings
across my
path.
And I'm
a neighbor
to them.
And I
need to
show them
compassion,
to have
mercy,
to love.
And most
importantly,
I love
others out
of my
overflow of
my love
for God.
God.
I'm a
loving
neighbor
because I
first loved
God with
all my
heart and
soul and
strength and
mind.
Who am
I?
I am
more than
just an
orthodox
question
answerer.
I'm not
just someone
who has
the right
answer,
who can
rattle off
what it
means to
be a
Christian.
Who am
I?
I am
someone who
is looking
for the
limits of
my
responsibility
to love.
Who am
I?
I'm someone
who loves
the unlikely
one.
I'm someone
who goes
out of my
way to
show that
love.
I love
without regard
to race,
or religious
conviction,
or gender,
or social
position.
I love
without
allowing how
I feel
about
someone to
determine
whether I
care for
them or
not.
And that's
not easy,
is it?
What does
that mean?
It means
this.
It means I
will love
the person
who doesn't
love me.
It means
the person
who makes
no secret
of the fact
that they
don't like
me very
much.
I love
that person
who's hard
to love.
I love
that person
who's socially
awkward.
I love
that person
who's hard
to finish
a conversation
with.
It was a
bad smell.
It means
I love
the parent
who's been
a great
disappointment
to me.
I love
the child
who doesn't
treat me
well.
I love
the friend
who keeps
letting me
down.
I love
the person
in authority
that I find
very difficult
to respect.
I love
the colleague
and the
acquaintance
who no
one else
loves.
I love
the person
with the
unenviable
job
who everyone
else seems
to ignore.
I love
the stranger
in need
on the side
of the road.
And I love
them all
because I love
the God
who made
me and
them in
his image.
I love
the unlikely
one.
But I'll
also go
out of my
way to
love.
I'll love
generously.
And so I'll
not just
flick the
bag of
change.
I'll buy
him breakfast
instead.
I might
run late
for a meeting
with someone
because I
came across
somebody who
was really
in need
of help.
I might
choose not
to spend
my evening
the way
that I was
really looking
forward to
because I've
got a
friend who
needs me.
I might
stay in a
conversation
way longer
than I'd
like to
because the
person I'm
with still
wants to
talk.
And my
giving to
the needy
and to the
work of the
gospel might
be more
than I feel
I can afford.
I might
invite someone
over for a
meal or
to come on
holiday with
me even
though I
don't find
them the
most relaxing
person to
be around.
I might
text someone
tonight or
call someone
tomorrow who's
going through a
tough time.
And not just
this week but
next week and
the week after
and the week
after that.
I might make a
list of people
that I used to
bump into at
church but I'm
not seeing so
much now.
And slowly get in
touch with each
one of them just
to check in how
they are.
And I might
pray for someone
who isn't a
believer not just
every now and
then but regularly
for years and
decades because I
long to see them
turn to Christ.
I love beyond
the minimum because
I love God
beyond the
minimum.
And because I
want to love him
with all my heart
and soul and
mind and strength.
I'll go out of my
way to love.
And that's what
Jesus says about
me here.
If I'm a
disciple of his
then I'm a
lover.
I'm a lover of
God and I'm a
lover of those he
brings across my
path.
I'm a neighbor.
So I love by
showing compassion
to the unlikely
one.
And I love by
going out of my
way to show
mercy.
I love with
wisdom and I
will love with
thoughtfulness.
I haven't got
limitless time and
I haven't got
limitless resources.
And so it means
each day I will
prayerfully work
out who to love
and how to love
them conscious of
what they need and
conscious of what
God has enabled
me to give.
But each day when
I get out of bed I
remember that I'm
someone who needs
to love.
Recently I was
talking with one
of the staff at
the rugby club and
they were reflecting
on something that
had happened in
their life and the
support they'd
received at a
previous rugby club
not yours.
And they spoke so
warmly of the
support that the
staff had showed.
They said to me
this.
They said this
would never happen
anywhere else.
And as I
heard that that
made me feel
really sad.
Do you catch
her line?
This would never
happen anywhere
else.
And I really
hope that was a
case of kind of
her emotions
leaving her to
overstate it.
I really hope it's
not the case that
she's never
received selfless
care like that
anywhere else in
her life.
I really hope that
she doesn't think
that the kind of
compassion, that
kind of humble
love can only be
found in a rugby
club, heaven
forbid.
Because what
Jesus is talking
about in Matthew
10 is everyday
life of all who
love God.
Because Jesus'
story in Matthew
10 is not a
story of something
exceptional.
It's the story of
an approach as a
disciple of Jesus
to everyday life,
to every relationship
they're in.
Where else would
you expect to see
selfless love like
that lady experienced
at the rugby club?
Try coming to church
sometime for a start.
Or perhaps just
follow any Christian
around for a day and
you'll see that kind
of love.
Hopefully you'd see it
at every turn, in
every interaction, in
every conversation, in
every relationship,
because this is at the
heart of what it means
to be a disciple.
To love others as we
love God, to be a
neighbour, loving even
the unlikely one, going
out of our way to
love.
That is the everyday
life in Jesus'
kingdom.
Sincere compassion,
tender care,
generous mercy.
Who am I?
I'm someone who
needs to love.
But lastly, I'm
someone in need of
love.
Because what I've
just talked about,
which I know can
feel guilt-inducing,
is not the only
thing Jesus tells us
in this passage
about who we are.
Because, remember,
this isn't primarily
the passage of the
parable of the Good
Samaritan.
It's the story of
the not-so-good
lawyer.
And so this passage
is not just about
being like the
Samaritan, it's
also about making
sure we're not
like the lawyer.
And the Samaritan
may be someone whose
conduct leads Jesus
to say, go and do
likewise.
But you get the
distinct impression
that Jesus doesn't
think this lawyer is
someone to emulate.
and yet lots of
people do.
I'm not saying
there's lots of
people trying to
undermine Jesus,
though there are
some.
I'm not saying
that people's
demeanor before
Jesus is kind of
arrogant like this
man's is,
although there are
some.
But what I'm saying
is there are lots
of people that I
meet, like this
lawyer, who are
looking to justify
themselves.
There are lots of
people in this world
who think they know
what God expects of
them, and they feel
pretty confident that
they're going to at
least get a pass
mark.
There are lots of
people these days who
reckon that they will
enter eternal life on
the basis of what
they've done.
They've tried hard to
be good people, never
hurt a fly.
They've taken note of
the Good Samaritan,
they've tried to
emulate him.
And all their little
sins and all their
little faults, well,
they're not very
newsworthy.
And I would just
suggest that what I'm
describing is pretty
much the majority
view in our country.
Perhaps it describes
some of you listening
tonight, but I need
to tell you that is a
tragic mistake.
It's a really big
mistake.
Because for one
thing, most people
who say that they
keep the commandments
and live well like
this lawyer, fail to
admit that they
really don't love
God.
Certainly not with
all their heart and
mind and soul and
strength.
And as it turns out,
that is the first
commandment.
And if he isn't
everything to you,
you've fallen at the
first hurdle.
But even if you
thought you were
having a really good
crack at both loving
your neighbor and
loving God, you'll
never do it
perfectly.
And if you can't,
then like this
lawyer, you'll never
be able to justify
yourself.
Do you remember
what Jesus said in
verse 21 of Luke
10?
Look at verse 21.
In that same hour,
Jesus rejoiced in the
Holy Spirit and said,
I thank you,
Father, Lord of
heaven and earth,
that you've hidden
these things from
the wise and
understanding and
revealed them to
little children.
Yes, Father, for
such was your
gracious will.
And so we're
meant to read this
next section in the
light of verse 21.
What was the
lawyer's problem?
He thought he was
wise and learned.
He thought his
wisdom and learning
could justify him
before God.
But it's not how
it works.
God hides his
truth from people
like that and
instead he reveals
them to little
children.
Eternal life
depends on God's
initiative and
not ours.
It depends not on
my brilliant living
but on the
brilliant grace of
God in my life.
And people don't
need to justify
themselves.
In fact, they
can't.
They need God to
reach down and
save them.
And the guy
thought he could
make his own
way to heaven.
But the central
message of the
Bible is that no
one does and no
one can.
You cannot
justify yourself
but there is
someone who can
justify you.
You can't
stitch up eternal
life for yourself.
But there is
somebody who can
give it to you.
And it turns out
that what the
lawyer needed
was the very
person he was
talking to.
And it turns out
that we need
him too.
We need his
truth to show
us how far
short we've
fallen short
of loving God
with all we
are and how
far short we've
fallen of loving
our neighbors.
Particularly the
unlikely ones.
And going out
of our way to
love.
And then after
we need Jesus
telling us the
truth about
ourselves we
need him to
do something
about our
failure.
We need him
to justify us
because we
can't justify
ourselves.
And we need
to do exactly
what he would
do not long
after.
He spoke
these words.
We need him
on that hill
outside Jerusalem
looking a lot
like the
traveler on
the side
of the road
in Jesus'
story.
We need him
stripped of
his clothes
beaten with
people scornfully
passing him
by.
We need him
not half dead
but fully
dead.
We need
his sacrifice
for failed
lovers.
His death
for us.
We need him
to love us.
love.
And of
course whilst I
said at the
start today
about the
difference between
the way the
world speaks
of the need
for love
and the way
we do
that's not
the whole
story is
it?
Because before
we stick on
our chest
and declare
that we
don't need
love in the
way that
Maslow's
hierarchy
describes it
before we
lift our
heads and
assure the
world we're
not the
people who
need love
but rather
we're the
people who
give love
before we
end up
sounding a
lot like
that lawyer
Jesus told
this story
to undermine
we better
acknowledge
that Maslow's
got something
right.
We do need
to be loved.
You need
to be loved.
And in fact
without being
loved we are
nothing.
And without
God loving
us we'd
never be able
to love him
or our
neighbours.
And John
would write
we love
because he
first loved
us.
I'm not
going to
stand up
here today
as I
finish this
sermon and
tell you
that Jesus
is a good
Samaritan.
I don't
think he
is.
I'm not
sold on
that
interpretation.
I think
it's primarily
a parable
on how
we're to
love.
Because it's
a parable
about how
to love
it's a
parable
that reflects
back to
us some
pretty important
things about
how God
loves and
how Jesus
loves.
So when
verse 33
says that
Samaritan
saw the man
on the side
of the road
and had pity
on him
Luke uses
a significant
word,
the word
compassion.
It's the
word in
Luke 15
to describe
the compassion
of the father
who welcomed
back the
prodigal son.
Back in
Luke 7
it's the
word
compassion
that Jesus
felt for
a widow
and her
dead son
before he
raised the
boy back
to life.
And right
back in
chapter 1
it's the
word Luke
used to
explain the
kind of
tender
mercy
God has
for the
world he
sent Jesus
to save.
And so
when we
see the
compassion
of the
Samaritan
we are
meant to be
given a
glimpse of
the world
saving,
life restoring,
sinner welcoming,
compassion of God.
And when we
see the
mercy of the
Samaritan
we're meant
to see a
picture of the
mercy of
Jesus.
And when we
see the
Samaritan
loving we're
offered a
reflection of
the love
that we
ourselves
need more
than anything
else in
the world.
And so
we land
again
tonight
where we
landed
last week
with
humility.
Because as
much as
anything else
this is what
it means to
be a
disciple of
Jesus.
It means
humility
before God
and before
his son
our saviour
the Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Who am
I?
Who does
Jesus say
I am?
He says
I'm to be
like the
Samaritan
a neighbour
yes.
I'm
someone who
needs to
love.
But he
also says
I must
not be
like the
self-justifying
lawyer.
Rather I
am and
always will
be someone
in need
of love.
Saving,
justifying,
compassionate,
merciful love.
Remember
chapter 10
and verse 21?
I thank
you Father
Lord of
heaven and
earth that
you have
hidden these
things from
the wise
and understanding
and revealed
them to
little children.
Yes Father
for such
was your
gracious
will.