And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

For you will be judged by the standard you judge by, and men will pay you back with the same measure you have used with them.

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

Another figure which he used with them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and buried in a bushel of flour until it had all risen."

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

When his disciples saw it, they said indignantly, "What was the use of wasting it like that?