And he saith unto them, Whose figure is this and inscription?

And he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God, and under what parabolic figure shall I represent it?

And they brought it. And he said unto them, Whose figure and inscription is this? they say unto him, Caesar's.

who perform the service after the figure and shadow of things in the heavens, as Moses was divinely instructed, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. "For see," saith God, "that thou make all things according to the model shewed thee on the mount."