²⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

⁹ And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.