"Be happy that your names are written in heaven."

Later the Lord chose seventy-two other followers and sent them out two by two to every town and village where he was about to go.  He said to them:

A large crop is in the fields, but there are only a few workers.  Ask the Lord in charge of the harvest to send out workers to bring it in.  Now go, but remember, I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves.  Don't take along a moneybag or a traveling bag or sandals.  And don't waste time greeting people on the road.  As soon as you enter a home, say, "God bless this home with peace."  If the people living there are peace-loving, your prayer for peace will bless them.  But if they are not peace-loving, your prayer will return to you.  Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they give you, because workers are worth what they earn.  Don't move around from house to house. If the people of a town welcome you, eat whatever they offer.  Heal their sick and say, "God's kingdom will soon be here!"...

When the seventy-two followers returned, they were excited and said, "Lord, even the demons obeyed when we spoke in your name!"

Jesus told them:

I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.  I have given you the power to trample on snakes and scorpions and to defeat the power of your enemy Satan.  Nothing can harm you.  But don't be happy because evil spirits obey you.  Be happy that our names are written in heaven!

                                                                      Luke 10:1-8, 17-20

Contemporary English Version The Holy Bible (New York , NY: American Bible Society 1995)