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And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

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And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

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Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

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In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father and who the Father is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him].

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And he turned him unto [his] disciples, and said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see:

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For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen [them] and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard [them].