<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

The second is like it: &#8216;<b><i>Love your neighbor as yourselfi>b>.&#8217;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Thus Jesus<n id="1" /> asked,<n id="2" /> &#8220;What is the kingdom of God<n id="3" /> like?<n id="4" /> To<n id="5" /> what should I compare it?

It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with<n id="1" /> three measures<n id="2" /> of flour until all the dough had risen.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

and began to shout<n id="1" /> when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Who is like the great city?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner<n id="1" /> who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

envying,<n id="1" /> murder,<n id="2" /> drunkenness, carousing,<n id="3" /> 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!p>

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">In<n id="2" /> the middle of the throne<n id="3" /> and around the throne were four living creatures<n id="4" /> full of eyes in front and in back.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another beast<n id="2" /> coming up from the earth. He<n id="3" /> had two horns like a lamb,<n id="4" /> but<n id="5" /> was speaking like a dragon.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He gave<n id="1" /> them another parable:<n id="2" /> &#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed<n id="3" /> that a man took and sowed in his field.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He told them another parable: &#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with<n id="1" /> three measures<n id="2" /> of flour until all the dough had risen.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;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.p>

It is like a mustard seed<n id="1" /> that a man took and sowed<n id="2" /> in his garden. It<n id="3" /> grew and became a tree,<n id="4" /> and the wild birds<n id="5" /> nested in its branches.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On<n id="2" /> their heads were something like crowns similar to gold,<n id="3" /> and their faces looked like men&#8217;s<n id="4" /> faces.