14 Bible Verses about Likening

"To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation?

"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like.

"Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.

This led him to say. "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? "It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

"The kingdom of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who made a wedding-feast for his son.

"Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

"For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.