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Matthew 22:1-14 One Parable, Two Tellings If you turn to Luke 14:15-24 you will find a parable that is similar to the one that we are looking at this week. There is an invitation, a banquet, rejection and finally an invitation to those in the highways and byways. Matthews version differs in some major ways to Luke and is more …
Luke 16:1-8 The Most Difficult of Stories If you thought the parable of the sheep and the goats was the most difficult parable to get your head around you probably haven’t read this one. It involves a ‘dishonest’ steward and a manger who in the end praises him for acting shrewdly but losing him money. If you read on Jesus …
Matthew 25:31-46 The End of the World The parable of the sheep and the goats is often shied away from due to the perceived nature of its context. Much of this is down to the final few lines which seems to spell eternal damnation for those whose actions let them down. This focus on what happens at the end means we …
Luke 10:25-37 The Context This parable is told in response to a number of questions from an expert in the law, or lawyer as some versions translate it. The fact that this man had come to Jesus to discuss the interpretation of scripture means he is probably a Pharisee. This may seem unimportant but strikes at the heart of the …
Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:20-21 A Lot of Flour 60lbs may not seem that much to some people but if we convert it into some more meaningful numbers it may help us understand the scale of this parable. 60lbs = 27.22kg 1kg makes 12 large rolls 27.22 X 12 = 326.64 rolls Thats a lot of bread for one woman to make in …
Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:48-49 The Sermon Close In Matthew’s gospel this parable rounds of Jesus’ sermon on the mount. It is simple in its structure, following the often used comparison between two peoples actions. It is the a summary of all that has gone before, condensing the proceeding sermon into a simple illustration. Jesus has spoken at length in the …
Treasure : Matthew 13:44; Pearl : Matthew 13:45-46; Seed : Mark 4:26-29 The Kingdom All three of these parables are offered as examples of what the Kingdom of God is like, how it works and also its worth. The Kingdom is a much debated term within Christian theology and it is difficult to give it a precise definition. It involves …
Matthew 13:1-9, Mark 4:1-9, Luke 8:4-8 The Farmer Most Bibles give this parable the title of the sower (In Matthew, Jesus uses this name v18) but if we look at it closely we may find that this character plays only a minor role in the story. If you read Jesus’ explanation in each of the gospel accounts you will his explanation …
‘I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old…’ Psalm 78:2 The Parables If you were to ask people which stories they knew from the Bible then a good number of the parables would be included in those they can recall. This is probably due to the fact that parables often come …