Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.
But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.