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The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
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And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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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.
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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
