And he said, ‘To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
What do I testify [to] thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea [is] thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
Another simile he set before them, saying: ‘The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
And he said, ‘Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
And again he said, ‘To what shall I liken the reign of God?
nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.’
And the Lord said, ‘To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?