Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need before ye ask Him.

"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who, calling to the others,

Another parable He set before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man, having taken, sowed in his field:

Another parable He spake to them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he 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, cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind;

and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old."

In like manner it is not the will of your Father Who is in Heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man who was a householder, who went forth early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard;

And, coming to the second, he spake in like manner; and he, answering, said, 'I am not willing;' but later, repenting, he went.

A second like it is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like white-washed sepulchres, which outwardly, indeed, appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness.