¹⁵ Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan^(A) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

¹⁷ The seventy-two^(A) returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”^(B)

¹⁸ He replied, “I saw Satan^(C) fall like lightning from heaven.^(D)

¹⁸ For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan^(A) blocked our way.^(B)