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Luke 10:20
ESV Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
NIV However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
NASB Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.'
CSB However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
NLT But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.'
KJV Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
NKJV Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

What does Luke 10:20 mean?

Various cities and towns experienced visits from seventy-two of Jesus' disciples. They arrive announcing the coming kingdom of God. If a town accepted their message, they stayed and performed miracles of healing (Luke 10:1–12). They are especially impressed that, with Jesus' power and authority, they were able to cast out demons (Luke 10:17–18). Jesus put the situation into perspective. Those exorcisms revealed that God has already ensured the total defeat of Satan and all forces that work against God's plan (Luke 10:19).

Even the destruction of Satan is a secondary issue, however. Whatever mayhem Satan can do does not compare to the greatness of reconciliation with the God of the universe. Authority in the fallen world is nothing compared to eternal life with the Creator. God knows them individually, and nothing can take that away (Romans 8:38–39).

Faced with the hardships—both natural consequences of a fallen world and spiritual attack—we easily lose sight of this. Understandably, we become overwhelmed when faced with sickness and hardships. When God sends relief, we rejoice. We forget that the ultimate restoration of our bodies and spirits is yet to come. So, Paul says:
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16–18).

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Romans 8:18).

Those who accept Jesus' message of the kingdom of God and repent look forward to the full healing of our bodies and the eternal defeat of evil.
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