“The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.