“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.

So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.