During the Lord's earthly ministry, Jesus often spoke in parables, which were earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. And ...

Jesus wasn’t speaking in parables when he gave his famous sermon to go to the aid of the “strangers” (foreigners) in our midst. He wasn’t being rhetorical. He was delineating a course of ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the ...

Even with the angry crowd and His disciples leaving Him, Jesus did not change His teaching nor say that He was merely speaking figuratively or in parables. His response to the Apostles was ...

(NIV) In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus told the story of a Jewish man walking from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the journey he was attacked by robbers and left for dead. Two Jewish ...

Jesus’ parable in Luke’s Gospel masterfully illustrates ... This title probably comes from a tradition in English-speaking Christianity that highlights “wastefulness” as among the greatest ...