Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.

But your way of speaking must be a simple 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.