“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.

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

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!

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

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.”

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.

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.”

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 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.”

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.”

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

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.”

“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.’

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.”

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.

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.”

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

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.

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.”

If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.

And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren.’

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

and he *saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me,

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”

But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

And just as Isaiah foretold,
“Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a posterity,
We would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.

and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.

Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.

Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard;

not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.