You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.

And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,

And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Judas to Betray Jesus

Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,

Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Seven Chosen to Serve

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.

And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.