"And his masterpraisedthe unrighteousmanagerbecausehe had actedshrewdly;for the sonsof thisageare more shrewdin relationto their ownkindthanthe sonsof light.
Now the serpentwas morecraftythananybeastof the fieldwhichthe LORDGodhad made.And he saidto the woman,"Indeed,has Godsaid,'You shall not eatfrom anytreeof the garden'?"
But Amnonhad a friendwhose namewas Jonadab,the sonof Shimeah,David'sbrother;and Jonadabwas a veryshrewdman.
"Now,summonallthe prophetsof Baal,allhis worshipersand allhis priests;let noonebe missing,for I have a greatsacrificefor Baal;whoeveris missingshall not live."But Jehudidit in cunning,sothat he might destroythe worshipersof Baal.
From menwith Your hand,O LORD,From menof the world,whose portionis in [this] life,And whose bellyYou fillwith Your treasure;They are satisfiedwith children,And leavetheir abundanceto their babes.
"Come,let us dealwiselywith them, orelsethey will multiplyand in the eventof war,they will alsojointhemselves to those whohateus, and fightagainst us and departfrom the land."
A manwill be praisedaccordingto his insight,But one of perversemindwill be despised.
"Whoeverspeaksa wordagainstthe Sonof Man,it shall be forgivenhim; but whoeverspeaksagainstthe HolySpirit,it shall not be forgivenhim, eitherin thisageorin the [age] to come.
When Peter said,"From strangers,"Jesussaidto him, "Thenthe sonsare exempt.
"He who is faithfulin a verylittle thingis faithfulalsoin much;and he who is unrighteousin a very little thingis unrighteousalsoin much.
I knowwhatI shall do,sothat whenI am removedfrom the managementpeople will welcomeme into their homes.'
"Thenhe saidto another,'And how muchdo you owe?'And he said,'A hundredmeasuresof wheat.'He saidto him, 'Takeyour bill,and writeeighty.'
And the Lordsaid,"Hearwhatthe unrighteousjudgesaid;
Jesussaidto them, "The sonsof thisagemarryand are given in marriage,
but thosewho are considered worthyto attainto that ageand the resurrectionfrom the dead,neithermarrynorare given in marriage;
"Whileyou havethe Light,believein the Light,sothat you may becomesonsof Light."These thingsJesusspoke,and He went awayand hidHimself from them.
Let no mandeceivehimself.Ifany manamongyou thinksthat he is wisein thisage,he must becomefoolish,sothat he may becomewise.
for you were formerlydarkness,but nowyou are Lightin the Lord;walkas childrenof Light
whoseendis destruction,whosegodis [their] appetite,and [whose] gloryis in their shame,who set their mindson earthly things.
for you are allsonsof lightand sonsof day.We are not of nightnorof darkness;
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
By thisthe childrenof Godand the childrenof the devilare obvious:anyonewho does not practicerighteousnessis not of God,northe one who does not lovehis brother.
