And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth away, that he said, Escape for your life; look not behind you, neither stay in all the plain; escape to the mountain, so that you will not be consumed.
If any man comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.