Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach down and pick it up by the tail.” So Moses reached down and caught it, and it became a walking stick again.
“Take it out,” he ordered, and the man reached down and picked it up.
You will trample down lions and snakes, fierce lions and poisonous snakes.
The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” When Moses threw it down, it turned into a snake, and he ran away from it.
The Lord said, “Do this to prove to the Israelites that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to you.”
if they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed; they will place their hands on sick people, and these will get well.”
Listen! I have given you authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
Jesus' mother then told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”