²⁴ And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

⁶ Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

¹⁶ See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

⁹ And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

⁴ Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

⁵ Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.