And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

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

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”

It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.

The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

“Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar's.”

and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

Watch Yourselves

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,

He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.

And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.