¹⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, ^(A)for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but ^(B)My Father who is in heaven.

²³ Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, ^(A)“Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see;

²⁴ for I tell you ^(A)that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”

²⁹ Jesus said to him, ^[a]“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. ^(A)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”