and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.
`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;
And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.
And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, `Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found;
And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;
for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.
and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;
your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.