and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,
And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.
And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.
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