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And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

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And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.

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See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

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Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

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In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

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All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

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And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:

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For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.