And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, 'Hail, the king of the Jews.'

And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;

and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'