He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,
Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.
And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Mem. To what shall I compare thee, or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? For great as the sea is thy destruction: Who shall heal thee?