'Likened' in the Bible

'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

'Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;