And Jesus having been baptized, came up straightway from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove, coming on Him.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him.

And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, and calling to their comrades, and saying,

He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man sowing good seed in his field.

And He submitted another parable to them, saying; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which, a man having taken, sowed in his field;

And he spake another parable unto them; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto the leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man seeking beautiful pearls:

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind;

And He said to them, Therefore every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old.

And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

Therefore the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a kingly man, who wished to make a reckoning with his servants.

For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a landlord man, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

The kingdom of the heavens is like a king-man, who made a marriage for his son.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchers, which are beautiful indeed externally, but within they are full of the hones of the dead people, and every impurity.

And his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

And from fear of him the keepers did quake, and they became like dead men.

And coming up straightway from the water, He saw the heavens open and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him.

And He said, To what may we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable may we present it?

Tis like a grain of mustard seed, which when it may be sown upon the earth, is the smallest of all seeds which are upon the earth,

And looking up he said, I see the men walking about like trees.

and His raiment became resplendent, exceedingly white like snow; as no fuller on earth is able to whiten.

And crying out, and convulsing he came out. And he became like a corpse; so that many said, that, he is dead.

And the second is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

and the Holy Spirit in bodily appearance like a dove descended on Him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying; Thou art my beloved Son, I am delighted in Thee.

Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing the same, I will show you to whom he is like.

He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.

But the one hearing and not doing, is like unto a man building his house upon the ground without a foundation; against which the river broke, and it fell immediately, and great was the fall of that house.

Then to whom shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?

They are like unto little children sitting in the market-place, and calling to one another, and saying, We piped unto you, and you did not dance; we mourned unto you, and you did not weep.

Woe unto you! because you are like tombs unseen, and men walking over them do not know it.

and be you like unto men waiting for their lord, when he may rise up from the marriage feast; in order that, coming and knocking, they may open unto him immediately.

Then He said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man having taken, cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

The Pharisee standing was praying in these words, God, I thank thee because I am not like the rest of the men, extortioners, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican:

neither marry nor are given in marriage; for they are not able yet to die; for they are like the angels, and sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

And being in agony He continued to pray the more earnestly. And His sweat was like drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

And their words appeared before them like a dream; and they doubted them.

And John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and remained on Him.

indeed you do not know Him: but I know Him. If I may say, I know Him not, I will be a liar like you: but I know Him, and I keep His word.

Some said, That he is: others said, No, but he is like him: he said, I am he.

Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you.

This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.

and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before the one shearing him is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

and he saw the heaven open, and a certain vessel like a great sheet came down, and resting upon the earth with four rope ends:

I was praying in the city Joppa: and I saw a vision in an ecstasy, A certain vessel, like a great sheet, descending from the heaven, sitting down by four rope ends; and came even unto me:

Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of like suffering with you, preaching the gospel to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who created the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:

Then being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that divinity is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, the invention of art and the device of man.

and as Isaiah has before spoken; Unless the Lord of Sabaoth left to us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like unto Gomorrah:

When I was an infant, I talked like an infant, I thought like an infant, I reasoned like an infant: when I became a man, I put away the things of the infant.

but on the contrary, seeing that I am intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, like Peter of the circumcision,

But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, If you being a Jew are living like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how do you compel the Gentiles to judaize?

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and things like unto these: which I tell you beforehand, as I did previously say to you, that those doing such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:

fill my joy, that you may think the same thing, having the same divine love, being like-minded, thinking this one thing;

but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;

For I have no one like-minded, who will nobly remember the things concerning you;

for you yourselves know well, that the day of the Lord is so coming like a thief in the night.

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may overtake you like a thief:

then therefore let us not sleep like the rest, but watch and be sober.

and their word like gangrene will have eating. Of whom are Hymenaeus and Phyletus;

These shall perish; but thou dost remain: truly all these shall wax old like a garment;

and thou shalt roll them up like a mantle, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail thee.

Therefore he ought in all things to be made like unto his brethren, in order that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things appertaining to God, to the end that he may atone for the sins of the people.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but being made like unto the Son of God, he abides a priest continually.

But let him ask in faith, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.

For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

your gold and your silver are cankered; and their rust shall be for a witness against you, and eat your flesh like fire. You laid up treasures in the last days.

Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months;

like newly born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, in order that you may grow thereby unto salvation:

For you have wandered away like sheep; but you have now turned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

And finally, all being like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, merciful, humble:

Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:

Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

But these, like irrational animals having been born naturally for capture and destruction, blaspheming those things in which they are ignorant; in their own corruption they will indeed corrupt themselves;

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements being scorched up will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be burnt up.

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, in a manner like unto them committing fornication, and going after other flesh, present an example receiving the vengeance of eternal fire.

But these blaspheme so many things as they know not: and so many things as they understand naturally, like irrational animals, in these they are corrupted.

and in the midst of the candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to his feet, and girded about the breast with a golden girdle.

And his head and his hairs were as wool, white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;

and his feet were like brass, as having been burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters,

and having in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth is going forth a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance like the sun shines in his strength.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; and he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

And to the angel of the church among the Thyatireans write; The Son of God, the one having eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like burnished brass, says these things;

and the one sitting was in appearance like unto a jasper and a sardius stone: and a rainbow was around about the throne, in appearance like unto an emerald.

and before the throne a glassy sea like crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, are four living creatures filled with eyes in front and in the rear.

And the first living creature was like unto a lion, and the second living creature was like unto a bullock, and the third living creature having the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature was like unto a flying eagle.

And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures speaking, like a voice of thunder, Come.

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the full moon became like blood;

And the third angel sounded; and a great star, burning like a lamp, fell from the heaven, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters.

And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke came out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit.