Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:

he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.

And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?

It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and thou art in anguish.

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.