19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on Serpents, and Scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall [a]hurt you.

20 Nevertheless, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subdued unto you: but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

21 [b]That same hour rejoiced Jesus in the spirit, and said, I confess unto thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the [c]wise and understanding, and hast revealed them to babes: even so, Father, because it so pleased thee. [d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:19 Shall do you wrong.
  2. Luke 10:21 The Church is contemptible, if we behold the outward face of it, but the wisdom of God is not so marvelous, in any thing, as in it.
  3. Luke 10:21 Of this world.
  4. Luke 10:21 Then he turned to his disciples, and said, Is read in some copies.

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