Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and having stood still, he was beside the lake of Gennesaret.

And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets.

Every man who comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.

He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

But he who heard, and not having done, is like a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation, on which the stream beat, and straightaway it fell. And the ruin of that house became great.

And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

And when they came to him, they said, John the immerser has sent us to thee, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

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

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to each other, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance. We mourned to you, and ye did not weep.

Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, also his disciples. And he said to them, Let us pass through to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth,

but as they sailed he began to asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were filling up, and were in peril.

And the demons having come out from the man, they entered into the swine. And the herd stampeded down the slope into the lake, and were drowned.

And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son, because he is the only begotten to me.

Woe to you scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers, and the men who walk over them do not know.

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him.

And he said, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it?

It is like a grain of a mustard plant, which having taken, a man cast into his own garden. And it grew and developed into a great tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches if it.

It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

For neither can they die any more, for they are like the heavenly agents, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

For it will come like a trap upon all those who sit upon the face of all the earth.

And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.

And having become in agony he prayed more intensely, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.