Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.”

After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!”

“Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

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

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

In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places,

It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.