14 Bible Verses about Likening

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace, who call to their playmates,

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts upon them, I will show you whom he is like.

That is why the Realm of heaven may be compared to a king who resolved to settle accounts with his servants.

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

So he said, "What is the Reign of God like? to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and put into his orchard, where it grew up and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

For the Realm of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard;

"The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son.

Then shall the Realm of heaven be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;