But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not futile. No, I worked more than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
As for me, I have not hurried from being a your shepherd. You know I haven’t longed for the day of sickness. What came out of my lips was before your face.
Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or of human origin?” They discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Then why didn’t y’all believe him?’
“It is like a man traveling to another country, having left his house and given authority to his slaves, each assigned their work, and commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.