Luke 10:12-21

12I tell you, it will be more bearable in that day [of judgment] for Sodom than for that city.

13“Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented and changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes [to show deep regret for sin].

14However, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

15And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades (the realm of the dead).

16“The one who listens to you listens to Me; and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and the one who rejects Me rejects Him [My heavenly Father] who sent Me.”

17The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

18He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of] lightning.

19Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.

20Nevertheless do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

21In that very hour He was overjoyed and rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and He said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things [relating to salvation] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to infants [the childlike and untaught]. Yes, Father, for this way was [Your gracious will and choice, and was] well-pleasing in Your sight.