Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. ¹  The one who has ears had better listen! ² 

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

and said, “I tell you the truth, ¹  unless you turn around and become like little children, ²  you will never ³  enter the kingdom of heaven!

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ¹  who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

For just like the lightning ¹  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

All ¹  the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

And just as Jesus ¹  was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens ²  splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ³ 

It is like a mustard seed ¹  that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground –

Thus you nullify ¹  the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy ¹  looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels ¹  in heaven.

In his teaching Jesus ¹  also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law. ²  They like walking ³  around in long robes and elaborate greetings ⁴  in the marketplaces,

“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice ¹  – I will show you what he is like:

Consider how the flowers ¹  grow; they do not work ²  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with ¹  three measures ²  of flour until all the dough had risen.” ³ 

For just like the lightning flashes ¹  and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. ² 

Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! ¹  Touch me and see; a ghost ²  does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.”

Some people said, ¹  “This is the man!” ²  while others said, “No, but he looks like him.” ³  The man himself ⁴  kept insisting, “I am the one!” ⁵ 

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey ¹  him in everything he tells you. ²