and the holy ghost came down in a bodily shape like a dove upon him; And a voice came from heaven, saying, "Thou art my dear son; In thee do I delight."

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth the same, I will show you to whom he is like.

He is like a man which built a house: and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock. When the waters arose, the flood beat upon that house, and could not move it. For it was grounded upon a rock.

But he that heareth and doth not, is like a man, that without foundation built a house upon the earth, against which, the flood did beat: and it fell by and by. And the fall of that house was great."

And the Lord said, "Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation: and what thing are they like?

They are like unto children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, 'We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced: We have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.'

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They labor not. They spin not. And yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all this royalty was not clothed like to one of these.

and ye yourselves, like unto men that wait for their master when he will return from a wedding: that as soon as he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him.

Then said he, "What is the kingdom of God like? Or whereto shall I compare it?

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden: and it grew, and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air made nests in the branches of it."

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

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

And the Lord said, "If ye had faith like a grain of mustard seed, and should say unto this sycamine tree, 'Pluck thyself up by the roots, and plant thyself in the sea': he should obey you.

And he was in agony, and prayed somewhat longer: And his sweat was like drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.