The Return of the Seventy

17 The Seventy[a](A) returned with joy, saying,(B) “Lord, even the demons(C) submit to us in Your name.”(D)

18 He said to them, “I watched Satan(E) fall from heaven like a lightning flash.(F) 19 Look, I have given you the authority(G) to trample(H) on snakes(I) and scorpions(J) and over all the power of the enemy;(K) nothing will ever harm you.(L) 20 However, don’t rejoice that[b] the spirits(M) submit to you,(N) but rejoice that your names are written(O) in heaven.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:17 Other mss read The Seventy-two
  2. Luke 10:20 Lit don’t rejoice in this, that

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