Luke 10:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see and they did not see it, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

Common English Bible

²⁴ I assure you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see and hear what you hear, but they didn’t.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ For I say to you, that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things that you see, and they did not see them, and to hear the things that you hear, and they did not hear them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ For I say to you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.

Luke 10:24 Cross References

Matthew 13:16

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

Luke 10:23

Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Luke 10:25

An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

John 8:56

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.”

Hebrews 11:13

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Hebrews 11:39

Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised,