And when Jesus was immersed, he went up straightaway out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions,

He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field.

He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.

Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered from every kind,

And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Again, he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.

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

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

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering.

For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him.