Pro 26:4-5, Luk 20:20-40, 1Pe 3:15 | ESV | STEP | Answer not a fool according to his folly , lest you be like him yourself.

Proverbs 26:4-5

4 ^aAnswer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
5 ^bAnswer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be ^cwise in his own eyes.

Luke 20:20-40

20 ^dSo they ^ewatched him and sent spies, who ^fpretended to be sincere, that they might ^gcatch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of ^hthe governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and ⁱshow no partiality, ^{▼▼Greek and do not receive a face} but truly teach ^kthe way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give ^ltribute to ^mCaesar, or not?” 23 But he perceived their ⁿcraftiness, and said to them, 24 “Show me ^oa denarius. ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” 25 He said to them, “Then ^qrender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people ^rto catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

27 There came to him ^ssome Sadducees, ^tthose who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us ^uthat if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man ^{▼▼Greek his brother} must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

34 And Jesus said to them, ^w“The sons of this age ^xmarry and ^yare given in marriage, 35 but those who are ^zconsidered worthy to attain to ^aathat age and to the resurrection from the dead ^abneither marry ^acnor are given in marriage, 36 for ^adthey cannot die anymore, because they are ^aeequal to angels and ^afare ^agsons of God, being ^ahsons ^{▼▼Greek huioi; see Preface} of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, ^ajeven Moses showed, in ^akthe passage about the bush, where he calls ^althe Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all ^amlive to him.” 39 Then some of the scribes ^ananswered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” 40 For ^aothey no longer dared to ask him any question.

1 Peter 3:15

15 but ^apin your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, ^aqalways being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and ^arrespect,