19 And so he taught and healed.
20 Among the multitudes were men of every shade of thought. They were divided in their views concerning everything that Jesus said.
21 Some saw in him a God, and would have worshipped him; and others saw in him a devil of the nether world and would have cast him in a pit.
22 And some were trying hard to lead a double life; like little lions of the ground that take upon themselves the color of the thing they rest upon.
23 These people without anchorage of any sort, are friends or foes as seemed to serve them best.
24 And Jesus said, No man can serve two masters at a time. No man can be a friend and foe at once.
25 All men are rising up, or sinking down; are building up, or tearing down.
26 If you are gathering not the precious grain, then you are throwing it away.
27 He is a coward who would feign to be a friend, or foe, to please another man.
28 You men, do not deceive yourselves in thought; your hearts are known;