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?