Bible verse
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
Luke 10:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 10.
13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!
16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
18 So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
21 At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
KJV
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
ASV
And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.
ERV
And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us in thy name.
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