The Seventy Return with Joy

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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.

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