Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel {with} those seven; they {are} the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. {for they...: or, since the seven eyes of the LORD shall rejoice} {plummet: Heb. stone of tin}

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, {who were} ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and {they} of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Afterward he measured a thousand; {and it was} a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. {waters to...: Heb. waters of swimming}

And when they heard {it}, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

{It is} like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. {spread: Heb. go}

And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

He must increase, but I {must} decrease.

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)