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And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.

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And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as 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 in any wise hurt you.

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

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In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

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All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him].

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And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see:

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for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.