and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

And as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

he saw two boats standing by the lake; and the fishermen having gone out of them were washing their nets.

And as you wish men to do to you, do you also in like manner to them.

Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show you whom he is like.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

But he that hears and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of that house was great.

And calling two of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

And coming to him the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

[And he said], To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

They are like little children sitting in the market, and they call to each other, saying, We have played on pipes to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented.

AND on one of those days both he and his disciples went into the ship; and he said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they set sail;

and as they were sailing he fell asleep. And a tempest of wind came down on the lake, and they were flooded with water, and in peril.

And the demons going out of the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake and were drowned.

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;

And he said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

And in like manner a Levite also, being at the place, came and saw him, and passed by on the other side.

Woe to you! for you are like concealed tombs; and men walk over them and know it not.

Consider the lilies; how they neither spin nor weave; but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them.

and be like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he shall return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

I tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed.

I tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed.

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

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

It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in pain.

And the Lord said, If you had a faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamore tree, Be taken up by the roots and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.

In like manner also as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, planted, built;

In that day let not him that shall be on the house, and his furniture in the house, come down to take it away; and in like manner let not him in the field turn back for things which are behind;

and in like manner also the seven; [and they] left no children, and died.

for it shall come like a snare on all who live on the face of the whole earth.

And the cup in like manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood, which is poured out for you.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, to sift like wheat;

And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was like large drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And their words appeared to them like idle talk; and they believed them not.