And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

And they drew near to the village where they were going, and he acted as though he was going farther.

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.

[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,