The Return of the Seventy-Two
17 ver. 1The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, See Mark 16:17even the demons are subject to us in your name!" 18 And he said to them, [John 12:31;16:11;Col. 2:15;Rev. 12:8,9] "I saw Satan [Isa. 14:12;Rev. 9:1]fall like lightning from heaven.19 Behold, I have given you authority Ps. 91:13;Mark 16:18;Acts 28:5to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of Matt. 13:39the enemy, and ch. 21:18;[Rom. 8:28,39]nothing shall hurt you.20 [Matt. 7:22,23] Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that Ex. 32:32,33;Ps. 69:28;Isa. 4:3;Ezek. 13:9;Dan. 12:1;Phil. 4:3;Heb. 12:23your names are written in heaven."