“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?