“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

and said to Him, “Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?”

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

He spoke another parable to them, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;

And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

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

and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

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

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.

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

The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.”

And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.”

After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!”

“Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Being reminded, Peter *said to Him, “Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.”

Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

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

In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places,

It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”

When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, ‘Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?’”

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

They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.

And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

And a man from the crowd shouted, saying, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only boy,

And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you.

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

They will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do not go away, and do not run after them.

For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;

And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”

They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”

And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.

Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the one.”