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."

It came to pass as the people pressed upon him, to hear the word of God, that he stood by the lake of Gennesaret:

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 John called unto him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus saying, "Art thou he that shall come: or shall we look for another?"

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.'

And it chanced on a certain day that he went into a ship, and his disciples also, and he said unto them, "Let us go over unto the other side of the lake." And they launched forth.

And as they sailed, he fell asleep. And there arose a storm of wind in the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.

Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: And the herd took their course, and ran headlong into the lake, and were choked.

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."

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

And when he had spent all that he had, there rose a great dearth throughout all that same land. And he began to lack.

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.

When these things begin to come to pass: then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh."

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