I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."

He goes up to the heights, taking many captives with him; he receives gifts from rebellious people. The LORD God will live there.

Can you take away a soldier's loot? Can you rescue the prisoners of a tyrant?

The LORD replies, "That is just what is going to happen. The soldier's prisoners will be taken away, and the tyrant's loot will be seized. I will fight against whoever fights you, and I will rescue your children.

And so I will give him a place of honor, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven."

"No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

Jesus answered them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

But when a stronger man attacks him and defeats him, he carries away all the weapons the owner was depending on and divides up what he stole.

Now is the time for this world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be overthrown.

and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

As the scripture says, "When he went up to the very heights, he took many captives with him; he gave gifts to people."

Since the children, as he calls them, are people of flesh and blood, Jesus himself became like them and shared their human nature. He did this so that through his death he might destroy the Devil, who has the power over death,

The huge dragon was thrown out---that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent---that is, the Devil, or Satan---and chained him up for a thousand years.

The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little while.

Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.

They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.

One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"

Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong."

Jesus said to him, "I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me."

When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to me."

Jesus drank the wine and said, "It is finished!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.

But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.

God has raised this very Jesus from death, and we are all witnesses to this fact.

For it was not David who went up into heaven; rather he said, 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side

"All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!"