The Return of the Two and Seventy
1. AND after a season the two and seventy returned again with joy, saying,
Lord, even the demons are subject unto us through thy name.
2. And he said unto them,
I beheld Satan [as] lightning fall from heaven.
3. Behold I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power (of the enemy); and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this, rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in Heaven.
4. In that hour Iesus rejoiced in spirit, and said
I thank thee, Holy Parent (of Heaven and earth) that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, All Holy, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
5. All things are delivered to me of the All-Parent: and no man knoweth the Son (who is the Daughter), but the All Parent; nor who the All-Parent is, but the Son (even the Daughter) and they to whom the Son and the Daughter will reveal it.
6. And he turned (him) unto his disciples, and said privately,
Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see. For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
7. Blessed are ye of the inner circle who hear my word and to whom mysteries[1] are revealed, who give to no innocent creature the pain of prison or of death, but seek the good of all, for to such is everlasting life.
8. Blessed are ye who abstain from all things gotten by bloodshed and death, and fulfill all righteousness: Blessed are ye, for ye shall attain to Beatitude.
LECTION 20. 9 -There is no trace of the events between Lections 18 and 20 other than this giving of the form of Prayer as a model for all time.
Read: Pistis Sophia; Nag Hammadi; etc.