And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove.

"Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out in the sight of them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is the smallest of all seeds in the earth;

But others said, "It is Elijah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."

When Jesus went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.

And he looked up and said, "I see men; but they look like trees, walking."

And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" And he said, "From childhood.

And the spirit cried out, convulsed him terribly, and came out. And the boy was like a corpse; so that many of them said, "He is dead."

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it."

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places

It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.

So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"