Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

but if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every case may be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, " Whoever I kiss, that is the man."

Now then, give orders for the tomb to be kept secure till the third day, in case his disciples go and steal him and then tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' The end of the fraud will then be worse than the beginning of it."