Saying from the bible "You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants" In the novel by L. N. Tolstoy "Anna Karenina"

The paper analyzes the meaning of the biblical saying "You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants " and its relation to the ideological content of the novel "Anna Karenina". The author offers a new, distinct from existing in the modern Tolstoy-study, interpretation of the Konstantin Levin''s storyline. She draws the conclusions about the religious meaning of the novel and the future prospects of its study.