and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'

And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not seen, and men walk over them without knowing it."

Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

Then he said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches."

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

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants."'

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other menextortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.

And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

But their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.