Luke 10:19

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

Young's Literal Translation

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 the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;

20but, in this rejoice not, 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 on you a heavy yoke, and I — I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I — with scorpions.'

Isaiah 11:8And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

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

Luke 21:17and ye shall be hated by all because of my name —

Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God [is] for us, who [is] against us?

Hebrews 13:5Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

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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