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

A disciple is not superior to [his] teacher, but everyone, [when he] is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them--I will show you what he is like:

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well.

But the one who hears [my words] and does not do [them] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed--and the collapse of that house was great!"

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

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

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing [became] white, gleaming like lightning.

Go! Behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves!

So he said to them, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.

Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over [them] do not know [it]!

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, but I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.

Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!

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

It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

It is like yeast that a woman took [and] hid in three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

I am no longer worthy to be called your son! Make me like one of your hired workers.'

So the Lord said, "If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

"Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth.

But you [are] not [to be] like this! But the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you like wheat,

And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."