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.

Now [after he] was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming upon him.

of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: at the same time a voice was heard from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

"You people are [like] salt on the earth. But if salt loses its flavoring ability, how will it ever get it back again? From then on it would be good for nothing except to be thrown out onto the roadway and walked on by people. [Note: This was mined salt which, when losing its "saltiness" due to exposure to the sun or rain, was simply disposed of by being dumped onto the roadway where people walked].

You people are [like] light in the world. A city built on a hill will not go unnoticed.

In like manner, let your light shine before men, - that they may see your good works, - and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand [and] pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

"But [when you] pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard.

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows {what you need} before you ask him.

“Pray, then, in this way:

‘Our Father, who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

"Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

Your eye is [like] a lamp to your body [i.e., your life]. If your eye sees things correctly, [then] your whole body [i.e., your entire life] will be illuminated [i.e., be directed into proper conduct].

"No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold.

but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

Then you must practice dealing with others as you would like for them to deal with you, for this is the summing up of the law and the prophets.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

As Jesus listened to this reply he was astonished, and said to those who followed him. "In solemn truth I tell you that I have found faith like this in any Israelite.

As soon as the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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

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

We [pretended like we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended like we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not beat your chest [in mourning].'

the Son of man came eating and drinking like other men, and they call Him a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

At that same time Jesus uttered the words: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou has hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the child-like!

take my yoke upon you, and learn to be meek like me, and of an humble temper: and ye shall enjoy tranquillity of mind.

Then He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and it was cured so that it became like the other.

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him as follows: "Teacher, we would like to see a spectacular sign given by you."

For just like Jonah was in the stomach of the huge fish for three days and nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth [i.e., the cave-tomb] for three days and nights.

But he who received the seed into good ground, is one that heareth and understandeth the word, who indeed beareth fruit, and yieldeth, like fertile lands, some an hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then would you like us to go and gather them?'

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

Just like the weeds were gathered up and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the world.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind,

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet.

And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

"In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light.

but I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him as they wished. The Son of Man is also going to suffer at their hands.”

And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!

Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child, this person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,

and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me."

in like manner your heavenly father would not that any person of such humility should be lost.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee?

So like wise shall my heavenly father do unto you, except ye forgive with your hearts, each one to his brother their trespasses."

He said to them, "Moses, with reference to your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not like this.

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

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

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

And they went. Again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did in like manner.

Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

He responded to her, "What would you like me to do for you?" She answered, "Appoint my two sons to sit at your right side and at your left in your [coming] kingdom."

But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

It will not be like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

And whoever would like to be first [in prominence] among you will be your slave.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.

Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner.

And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind.

And Jesus answering, spake to them again in parables, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a king,

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;

In like manner also the second, and the third, to the seventh.

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

This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

and like to have the place of honor at dinner, and the best seats in the Synagogues,

they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean!

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that have been sent unto her, - how often, would I have gathered thy children, like as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, - and ye would not!

but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.

for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.

For like lightning that shoots from east to west, so will be the arrival of the Son of man.

in like manner, when ye shall see all these things happen, know that he is come to your very doors.

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

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.

For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.

In like manner also he that had received the two, he also gained two others.

And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

When his disciples saw it, they said indignantly, "What was the use of wasting it like that?

Peter said to him: Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee. In like manner said all the disciples.

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

And the guards trembled from the fear of him 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.