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

Listen 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.

But some of them said, “He drives out demons by [the power of] Beelzebul (Satan), the ruler of the demons.”

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand and continue to survive? For you are saying that I drive out demons by [the power of] Beelzebul.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit [that is, whoever intentionally discredits the Holy Spirit by attributing the authenticating miracles done by Me to Satan], it will not be forgiven him [for him there is no forgiveness].

And this woman, a daughter (descendant) of Abraham whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve [disciples].

“Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan has demanded permission to sift [all of] you like grain;