And Jesus, when He had been baptized, went up immediately out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting 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, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.

And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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

Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.

And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb one spoke. And multitudes marveled, saying, Never was it seen like this in Israel!

But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.

It is enough for the disciple that he is like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

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

Then He said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored whole like the other.

He put out another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which 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 meal until the whole was leavened.

Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which when a man has found it, he hides it, and for the joy of it goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;

Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered some of every kind;

Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed to the kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out things new and old out of his treasure.

And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.

Therefore whoever shall humble himself like this little child, this one is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven.

For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

The kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who made a marriage for his son.

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

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

And the keepers shook for fear of him and became like dead men.