Parables

Luke 15:1-7, “When the tax collectors and “sinners” were gathering around Jesus, he told them this parable: “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that …

Luke 7:41-50, “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”  Simon replied, “I suppose the one …

Jesus Christ once told his followers a parable about a lost coin. Luke 15:8-10, He said, “Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors …

Matthew 13:44-46, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When …

Mark 4:26-29, “And He said, This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know-how. All by itself, the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the …

Luke 11:5-8, Once Jesus said to his disciples, “Suppose you have a friend and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose …

The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, when it grows it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and nest in its branches. In …