And the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily shape, like a dove on Him. And a voice came from Heaven, which said, You are My Son, the Beloved; I am delighted in You.

And looking around on them all, He said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he did so. And his hand was restored whole like the other.

The disciple is not above his master, but everyone who is perfect shall be like his master.

Whoever comes to Me and hears My Words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.

He is like a man who built a house and dug deep and laid the foundation on a rock; and a flood occurring, the stream burst against that house and could not shake it; for it was founded on a rock.

But he who hears and does not perform, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, on which the stream burst, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.

And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

They are like children sitting in a market and calling to one another, and saying, We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you did not weep.

And He said to them, I saw Satan fall from Heaven like lightning.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen tombs and the men walking above are not aware of them.

Consider the lilies, how they grow; they do not toil, they do not spin. And yet I say to you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

And you yourselves be like men who wait for their lord, whenever he shall return from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

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

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden. And it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

and am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.

The Pharisee stood and prayed within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.

And their words seemed to them like foolishness, and they did not believe them.