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Introduction
The making and interpretation of parables and ‘dark speech’ was one of the marks of the wise man in the Old Testament. Jesus of Nazareth made particularly effective use of parables, little cameos from everyday life that contained within them important lessons about the good news. Some were were straightforward illustrations; others were crafted with greater subtlety, coded messages designed to enlighten the wise and confuse the foolish. The Evangelists recorded a surprising number of them for posterity.
Show Index
2 The Sower — Explanation Mark 4:10-23
3 The Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37
4 The Great Supper Luke 14:15-24
7 The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32
8 The Unjust Steward Luke 16:1-13
10 Lamp Under a Bowl Mark 4:21-22
11 Wise and Foolish Builders Matthew 7:24-27
12 New Cloth on an Old Coat Mark 2:21
13 New Wine in Old Wineskins Mark 2:22
14 The Two Debtors Luke 7:40-43
15 The Friend at Midnight Luke 11:5-13
17 The Rich Fool Luke 12:13-21
18 The Watchful Servants Mark 13:35-37
19 Unfruitful Fig Tree Luke 13:6-9
21 The Mustard Seed Matthew 13:31-32
23 The Concealed Treasure Matthew 13:44
25 The Casting of the Net into the Sea Matthew 13:47-50
26 Treasures Old and New Matthew 13:52
27 The Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:23-35
28 The Vineyard Workers Matthew 20:1-16
29 Lowest Seat at the Feast Luke 14:7-14
30 Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:28-33
31 The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-31
32 Master and His Servant Luke 17:7-10
33 Persistent Widow Luke 18:1-8
34 The Two Sons Matthew 21:28-32
35 The Vineyard Owner Mark 12:1-11
36 The Marriage Feast Matthew 22:1-14
38 Faithful and Wise Servant Matthew 24:45-51
39 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Luke 18:9-14
40 Ten Virgins Matthew 25:1-13
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The Sower
Mark 4:1-9
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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