And after Jesus was immersed, he came up immediately from 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.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

Be not, there fore, like them; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

But I say to you, That Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock:

But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their companions,

Then he said to the man: Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored to soundness, like the other.

Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like- a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field.

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of. heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that is cast into the sea, and that gathers of every kind:

He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.

And Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed from this place to that, and it shall be removed: and nothing shall be impossible for you.

For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

And they went. Again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did in like manner.

And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.

Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner.

And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind.

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;

In like manner also the second, and the third, to the seventh.

And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitened sepulchers, which without appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

In like manner also, he that had received the two, gained other two.

Peter said to him: Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee. In like manner said all the disciples.

In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, derided him, and said:

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

From fear of him the keepers did shake and become like dead men.