"IfSatancastsout Satan,he is dividedagainsthimself;howthenwill his kingdomstand?
"When anyonehearsthe wordof the kingdomand does not understandit, the evil[one] comesand snatches awaywhathas been sownin his heart.Thisis the one on whom seed was sownbesidethe road.
ThenJesussaidto him, "Go,Satan!For it is written,YOU SHALL WORSHIPTHE LORDYOUR GOD,AND SERVEHIM ONLY.'"
But the Phariseeswere saying,"He castsout the demonsby the rulerof the demons."
"Nowjudgmentis upon thisworld;nowthe rulerof thisworldwill be castout.
"I will not speakmuchmorewith you, for the rulerof the worldis coming,and he hasnothingin Me;
and concerningjudgment,becausethe rulerof thisworldhas been judged.
in whosecasethe godof thisworldhas blindedthe mindsof the unbelievingsothat they might not seethe lightof the gospelof the gloryof Christ,whois the imageof God.
For He rescuedus from the domainof darkness,and transferredus to the kingdomof His belovedSon,
We knowthat we are of God,and that the wholeworldliesin [the power of] the evil one.
And the greatdragonwas throwndown, the serpentof oldwho is calledthe deviland Satan,who deceivesthe wholeworld;he was throwndown to the earth,and his angelswere throwndown with him.
Thenthe fifth[angel] pouredout his bowlon the throneof the beast,and his kingdombecamedarkened;and they gnawedtheir tonguesbecauseof pain,
They haveas kingoverthem, the angelof the abyss;his namein Hebrewis Abaddon,and in the Greekhe hasthe nameApollyon.
