“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

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

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

He gave them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”