The Return of the Seventy-Two
17 The seventy-two 10:17 Other mss read The seventy, 10:17 Ezk 8:11 returned with joy, saying, 10:17–20 Mk 16:17–18; Jn 12:31 "Lord, even the demons 10:17 Rv 9:20 submit to us in your name." 10:17 Jn 10:25; 14:13
18 He said to them, "I watched Satan 10:18 Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10; Rv 12:9fall from heaven like lightning. 10:18 Mt 28:3; Col 2:1519 Look, I have given you the authority 10:19 Mk 1:22to trample 10:19 Lk 21:24; Rv 11:2on snakes 10:19 Gn 3:16; Mt 23:33; Rv 9:19and scorpions 10:19 Lk 11:12; Rv 9:3and over all the power of the enemy; 10:19 Mt 13:39; 1Co 15:25nothing at all will harm you. 10:19 Ps 91:13; Mk 16:18; Ac 28:520 However, don’t rejoice that 10:20 Lit don’t rejoice in this, thatthe spirits 10:20 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1submit to you, 10:20 Mt 7:22–23but rejoice that your names are written 10:20 Ex 32:32; Neh 9:38; Mal 3:16in heaven."