At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.
He also who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word; and the concerns of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Then said they to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me, nor my Father: if you had known me, you would have known my Father also.
For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
But their minds were blinded: for to this day the same veil is still not removed in the reading of the old testament; which veil comes to an end in Christ.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: