Add parallel Print Page Options

The Return of the Seventy

17 The seventy[a] returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.[b] 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:17 Other ancient authorities read seventy-two
  2. 10.18 Jesus refers to the fall of the angels (cf. Rev 12.9), while he speaks of his conquest of the forces of evil.

17 The seventy-two(A) returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”(B)

18 He replied, “I saw Satan(C) fall like lightning from heaven.(D) 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes(E) and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

Read full chapter