Luk 10:17-24 | ESV | STEP | The seventy-two returned with joy , saying , Lord , even the demons are subject to us in your name !

Luke 10:17-24

The Return of the Seventy-Two

17 ^aThe seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ^beven the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, ^c“I saw Satan ^dfall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority ^eto tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^fthe enemy, and ^gnothing shall hurt you. 20 ^hNevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ⁱyour names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices in the Father’s Will

21 ^jIn that same hour ^khe rejoiced ^lin the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, ^mLord of heaven and earth, that ⁿyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^orevealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ^psuch was your gracious will. ^{▼▼Or for so it pleased you well} 22 ^rAll things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ^sexcept the Father, or who the Father is ^texcept the Son and anyone ^uto whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ^v“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you ^wthat many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”