“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a 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 pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;

And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

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

and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”

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

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

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 on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

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