Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him,

He left Nazareth, and settled in Capernaum-by-the-Lake, near the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali; The road by the Lake; the country beyond Jordan; Galilee of the Gentiles!

"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

"Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

"When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward.

"But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these.

"And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye?

As Jesus listened to this reply he was astonished, and said to those who followed him. "In solemn truth I tell you that I have found faith like this in any Israelite.

And when he saw the crowds he had compassion on them because they were distressed and fainting, like sheep without a shepherd.

"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

"It is enough for the pupil to fare like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more, the members of his household.

"Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"

"To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,

But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.

He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."

"And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of beautiful pearls.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

"Then," said he, "every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

And he did no mighty works there, because of their lack of faith.

"In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

and at dawn you say, 'It will storm today, for the sky is red and lowering.' You know how to discern the look of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot read.

When his disciples reached the other side of the lake, they had forgotten to bring bread.

Here he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

"In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will not even enter the kingdom of heaven.

"Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven;

But look! a certain man came up to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

The young man answered. "I have carefully kept them all. What yet do I lack?"

Whereupon Peter said to Jesus. "Look, Master, we have forsaken everything and followed you. Now what shall be our reward?"

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

"Look! We are on the way up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death,

"For in the resurrection men do not marry, nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven.

"The second, which is like it, is this, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like white-washed sepulchers. They look beautiful without, but within they are filled with dead men's bones and all rottenness.

"For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.

Then he came to the disciples and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Look! the hour is at hand; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him.

His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

The guards trembled for fear of him, and became like dead men.

and as soon as he rose from the water he saw the sky cleft asunder, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him,

They were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the Scribes.

"Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins but One, God himself?"

The man rose, at once took up his cot, and went out before them all; at which they were all astounded, and gave God glory, saying, "We never saw anything like this."

"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;

And he wondered at their lack of faith. So he went among the neighboring villages, teaching.

"He is Elijah," said others. And still others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

So when Jesus landed he saw a vast multitude, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

And they sat down like beds in a garden, by hundreds and by fifties.

Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that."

"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

So he gave them this warning. "Look out! Be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod."

The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."

Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?"

So with a loud shriek it came out, after throwing the boy into convulsion after convulsion. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

Jesus loved him as he looked at him, and said: "One thing you lack. Go, sell all you have and give to the poor; and you shall have wealth in heaven; and come, follow me."

Then Peter remembered, and exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, the fig tree which you cursed is withered up."

Shall we pay, or not pay?" But he, knowing well their hypocrisy, said to them. "Why are you testing me? Bring me a dollar for me to look at."

and in his teaching he said: "Look out for the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and to receive salutations in the street, and to have prominent places in the synagogues,

As Jesus was walking out of the Temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and buildings these are!"

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

Some of those who were present said among themselves indignantly. "Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

Then he came the third time, and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest! It is over. My hour is come. Look! the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Afterward he appeared to the Eleven themselves, as they were eating, and reproached them for their lack of faith, and stubborn hearts, because they disbelieved those who had seen him risen.

heaven opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form like a dove, descended upon him. and a voice came out of heaven, saying. "Thou art my Son, dearly beloved; in thee is my delight."

On one occasion when he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the crowd pressed upon him to listen to the word of God.

But he saw two fishing-boats on the shore of the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.

And as you would like men to do to you, So do you also to them.

"There is no disciple who is above his master; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master.

"And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but never consider the beam that is in your own eye?

"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

"But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."

But when Jesus heard this he was astonished and he turned and said to the crowd that was following him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

"To What are they like, they are like children sitting in the market-place and calling to one another. "'We have piped to you,' they say, 'and you have not danced; we have wailed, and you did not cry.'

Now it happened that one of these days he got into a boat, And him his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake."

So they set sail. While they were sailing he fell asleep. And there fell on the lake a squall of wind, so that the boat began to fill, and they to be in deadly peril.

The demons came out of the man, and entered into the swine; the herd rushed violently down over the cliff into the lake.

and a man called out of the crowd saying. "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son; for he is my only boy,

"Go your way; behold, I am sending you forth like lambs among wolves.

And he said to them. "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

"In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side.

"Which then of these three seems to you to have behaved like a neighbor to the man who fell among bandits?"

"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.

"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."

"Consider the lilies how they grow! They toil not, neither do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

"and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.

Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.

This led him to say. "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

"It is like leaven which a took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened."

"'"I am no more worthy to be called your son; only make me like one of your hired men."'

"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, 'Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

"nor will they say, 'Look here it is!' or 'See there!'??or the kingdom of God is now in your midst."