¹⁸ And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, ^(A)“I command you ^(B)in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And ^(C)it came out that very hour.

¹⁷ And ^(A)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(B)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(C)they will speak in new tongues;

The Return of the Seventy-Two

^17 (A)The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ^(B)even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸ And he said to them, ^(C)“I saw Satan ^(D)fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority ^(E)to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^(F)the enemy, and ^(G)nothing shall hurt you.

^12 (A)so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and ^(B)the evil spirits came out of them. ¹³ Then some of the itinerant Jewish ^(C)exorcists ^(D)undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, ^(E)“I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” ¹⁴ Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. ¹⁵ But the evil spirit answered them, ^(F)“Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all^[a] of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and ^(G)the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

³⁴ And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, ^(A)Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose.