Now [after he] was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming upon him.

And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand [and] pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

"But [when you] pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard.

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows {what you need} before you ask him.

"Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

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

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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

[and] said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says, "{You will listen carefully} and will never understand, and {you will look closely} and will never perceive.

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind,

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light.

And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!

Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child, this person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

He said to them, "Moses, with reference to your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not like this.

The young man said to him, "All these I have observed. What do I still lack?"

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

It will not be like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, because they all look upon John as a prophet."

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

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

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean!

For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.

And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Now his appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.

And the guards trembled from the fear of him and became like dead men.