Luke 10:19

behold, I give to you the authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means will hurt you;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18and He said to them, “I was beholding Satan having fallen as lightning from Heaven;

20but do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11and now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, and I add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, and I—with scorpions.”

Isaiah 11:8And a suckling has played by the hole of a cobra, || And on the den of a viper || The weaned one has put his hand.

Mark 16:18they will take up serpents; and if they may drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the ailing, and they will be well.”

Luke 21:17and you will be hated by all because of My Name—

Romans 8:31What, then, will we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?

Hebrews 13:5[Be] without covetous behavior, being content with the things present, for He has said, “No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake you,”

Matthew Henry on Luke 10:18-25

The Success of the Seventy. 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 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. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 21 In that hour… Read the whole commentary →

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