When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

So Jesus said to them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

But Jesus said, “Enough of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?”

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.