"And as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.

"Every one who comes to Me, and hears My words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:

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

But he who heard and did not, is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and straightway it collapsed; and the ruin of that house was great."

"To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, who say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.'

And, in like manner, a Levite also, coming to the place, and seeing him, passed by on the opposite side.

and yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him.

And He said, "To what is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

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

And again He said, "To what shall I liken the Kingdom of God?

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

and, in like manner also, the seven left no children, and died.

And the cup, in like manner, after supper, saying "this cup is the new covenant in My blood, which, in your behalf, is being poured out.