Luke 10:16-20

16 Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." ¹

17 The seventy-two men came back in great joy. "Lord," they said, "even the demons obeyed us when we gave them a command in your name!"

18 Jesus answered them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

19 Listen! I have given you authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you. ²

20 But don't be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven."

Cross References

• 1. 10.16Matthew 10.40;Mark 9.37;Luke 9.48;John 13.20.
• 2. 10.19Psalms 91.13.

Footnotes

• [a] seventy-two; [some manuscripts have] seventy [(see verse 1).]