Luke 10:17-26

¹⁷The seventy-two people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, people did what we(exc) told them to do! Demons also obeyed us when by your (sg) authority MTY we commanded them to leave people!”

¹⁸Jesus replied, “ When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though MET I saw Satan fall from heaven as suddenly and quickly as lightning strikes.

¹⁹Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits MET they will not hurt you. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, Satan. Nothing shall hurt you.

²⁰But although you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice more that your names have been written {that God has written your names} in heaven, because you will be with God forever.”

²¹At that time the Holy Spirit caused Jesus to be very happy. He said, “Father, you (sg) rule over everything in heaven and on the earth! Some people think that they are wise because they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from knowing these things. Instead, you have revealed them to people who accept your truth as readily MET as little children do. Yes, Father, you have done that because it seemed good to you to do so.”

²²Jesus also said to the 72 disciples, “ God, my Father, has revealed to me all I need to know and the power I need for my work. Only my Father knows who I really am. Furthermore, only I and those people to whom I wish to reveal him know what God my Father is like.”

²³Then when Jesus' disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “ God is pleased with you SYN who have seen the things that I have done!

²⁴I want you to know that many prophets and kings who lived long ago desired to see the things that you are seeing me do, but these things did not happen then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but these things were not revealed to them then.”

²⁵One day as Jesus was teaching people, a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that God gave Moses. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live with God forever?”

²⁶Jesus said to him, “You (sg) have read RHQ what Moses has written in the laws that God gave him. What did Moses write about living forever?”