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16 "Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
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“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!"
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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
18 He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
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He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you.
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I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
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However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
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