¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority to ^(A)tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

³ But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out ^[a]because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. ⁴ And when ^(A)the ^[b]natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “^(B)Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, ^[c]Justice has not allowed him to live.” ⁵ However ^(C)he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.