And Jesus having been baptized, came up straightway from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove, coming on Him.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him.

And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Look unto the fowls of heaven, how they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not more excellent than they?

Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, and calling to their comrades, and saying,

He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man sowing good seed in his field.

And He submitted another parable to them, saying; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which, a man having taken, sowed in his field;

And he spake another parable unto them; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto the leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man seeking beautiful pearls:

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind;

And He said to them, Therefore every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old.

And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

Therefore the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a kingly man, who wished to make a reckoning with his servants.

The young man says to Him, All these have I kept from my youth: what lack I yet?

For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a landlord man, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

The kingdom of the heavens is like a king-man, who made a marriage for his son.

And the king having come in to look upon the guests, saw there a man not having on a wedding-garment.

And they send to Him their own disciples along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and that thou art teaching the way of God in truth, and there is not a care to thee for any one; for thou dost not look into the face of men.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchers, which are beautiful indeed externally, but within they are full of the hones of the dead people, and every impurity.

And his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

And from fear of him the keepers did quake, and they became like dead men.