²⁴ And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

²⁰ And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

¹ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

³³ Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

¹ For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

² The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

¹⁸ Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

²⁶ And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

²⁷ And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

²⁸ The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

²⁹ But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

³⁰ And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

³³ Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

²³ For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

⁴⁴ The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

³⁷ And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

³¹ He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

¹⁹ When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

²³ And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

² Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

¹² And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

¹³ But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.

⁵ Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

²³ Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

² Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

¹³ For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

¹⁰ For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.