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

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

Thus Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

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

and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”

“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.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon.

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.

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches.”

Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men’s faces.