But it is you, ¹  a man like me, ²  my close friend in whom I confided. ³ 

To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

¹ who though he existed in the form of God ²  did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One. ¹ 

He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance. ¹ 

Neither gold nor crystal ¹  can be compared with it, nor can a vase ²  of gold match its worth.

You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; ¹  this land will be assigned as your inheritance. ² 

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels ¹  and are sons of God, since they are ²  sons ³  of the resurrection.

At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, ¹  so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

The Lord said to Moses: “Take ¹  spices, gum resin, ²  onycha, ³  galbanum, ⁴  and pure frankincense ⁵  of equal amounts ⁶ 

The topaz of Cush ¹  cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.

For this reason the Jewish leaders ¹  were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature ¹  without fear.

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ¹ 

“Yet your people ¹  say, ‘The behavior ²  of the Lord is not right,’ ³  when it is their behavior that is not right.

For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

Now ¹  the city is laid out as a square, ²  its length and width the same. He ³  measured the city with the measuring rod ⁴  at fourteen hundred miles ⁵  (its length and width and height are equal).

Every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, each one alike. ¹ 

so that ¹  through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.