Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.

When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these."

The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?"

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

"Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets."

Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."

His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."

Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."

For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."

It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."

For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."

For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."

They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.

John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"

You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"