And after Jesus was immersed, he came up immediately from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

Be not, there fore, like them; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

But I say to you, That Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock:

But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their companions,

Then he said to the man: Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored to soundness, like the other.

Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like- a grain of mustard, that 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 measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that is cast into the sea, and that gathers of every kind:

He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.

And Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed from this place to that, and it shall be removed: and nothing shall be impossible for you.

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.

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.

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.

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

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitened sepulchers, which without appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

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

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.

In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, derided him, and said:

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

From fear of him the keepers did shake and become like dead men.

And immediately on coming up from the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

And these are they that, in like manner, received seed in stony places: who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy:

And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or, by what similitude shall we illustrate it?

It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the ground, is less than all seeds that are in the ground;

Others said: He is Elijah. Others said: He is a prophet like one of the prophets.

For, neglecting the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the immersion of pitchers and cups; and many other things like these you do.

making the word of God of no effect by your tradition, which you have delivered; and many things like these you do.

And he looked up and said: I see men, like trees, walking.

and his raiment became shining, exceeding white like snow, as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

And the spirit cried out, and threw him into strong convulsions, and came out of him; and he was like one dead, so that many said: He is dead.

And the second, which is like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as your self. There is no other commandment greater than these.

He again denied. And again, after a little while, those who stood by said to Peter: Surely, you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.

and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, in a bodily form, like a dove; and there came a voice from heaven, which said: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I delight.

and in like manner also upon James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; from this time forth you shall catch men.

And looking round upon them all, he said to him: Stretch forth your hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored like the other.

And as you would that men should 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 to whom he is like.

He is like a man that, when building a house, digged deep, and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the torrent dashed against that house, and it was not able to shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the torrent dashed with violence, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

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

They are like children sitting in the market-place, who call to one another, and say, We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs for you, and you have not lamented.

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

In like manner, also, a Levite, when he came to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves that are not seen; and men that walk over them know it not.

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, they spin not; yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

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

Then he said: To what is the kingdom of God like; and to what shall I liken it?

It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took, and sowed in his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree; and the birds of the air roosted in its branches.

And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

And the Lord said: If you had faith like a grain of mustard, you might say to this sycamine-tree, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it should obey you.

In like manner also, as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

and the third took her; and in like manner also the seven; and they left no children, and died.

For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.

In like manner also, the cup, after he had supped, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.

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

And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

Then Jesus answered and said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever things he does, these also the Son does in like manner.

And Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks, distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who had reclined; and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they wished.

Then the Jews murmured at him, because he said, I am like bread that came down from heaven.

The attendants answered: Never did man speak like this man.

And yet you have not known him. But I know him; and if I should say that I do not know him, I should be like yourselves, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

Some said: It is he. Others: He is like him. But he said: I am he.

And there appeared to them tongues like fire, which distributed them selves, and sat one on each of them.

For Moses said to the fathers, A prophet like me shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear in all things that he shall say to you.

And all that sat in the Sanhedrin, looking earnestly upon him, saw his face that it was like the face of an angel.

This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he instantly received his sight; and he arose, and was immersed.

and he saw heaven opened, and some vessel, like a great sheet, descending, bound by the four corners, and let down to the earth.

I was in the city of Joppa, praying; and, while in a trance, I saw a vision, some vessel like a great sheet, descending, let down from heaven by the four corners; and it came even to me.

If, then, God gave them the like gift that he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God?

and saying: Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human beings, with passions like your own, and we preach the gospel to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

Therefore, being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhood is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and the device of man.

and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

and in like manner also the males, leaving the natural use of the females, burned in their lusts one toward another, males with males practicing infamous lewdness, and receiving in them selves the due reward of their error.

But the favor bestowed is not, in all respects, like the offense: for if, by the offense of one, the many have died, much more have the grace of God and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, been made abundant for the many.

And the gift is not like the sentence that came through one who sinned: for the sentence to condemnation was because of one offense; but the favor bestowed in order to justification, is because of many offenses.

In like manner, also, the Spirit helps our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us, with groanings unutterable.

And as Isaiah said before: Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.

when defamed, we entreat; we have become like the outcasts of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.

to the weak I became like one who was weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some.

In like manner also, the cup, after he had supped, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

That you may repay me in like manner, (I speak as to children,) be you also enlarged.

Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves so as to be like the ministers of righteousness; of such, the end shall be according to their works.

We, indeed, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; with respect to which, I tell you now, as I also told you in times past, that those who practice such things shall riot inherit the kingdom of God.

In like manner do you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself.

In like manner, also, I will that the women adorn themselves with decorous dress, with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment,

Like wise, also, the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and those which are otherwise can not be concealed.

Since, then, the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also, in like manner, partook of the same, that, through his death, he might deprive of power him that has the power of death, that is, the devil;

"Wherefore, it behooved him to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make expiation for the sins of the people.