Parables #12 The Wheat and Weeds Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Jesus tells a second parable about sowing seeds, this time …about two sowers — one who sows good seed to grow wheat, …and the enemy who sows weeds among the wheat. For this parable too, Jesus offers an extended metaphoric …interpretation to his disciples in private. […]

Parable #11… Matthew 13:3-23 …The Parable of the Sower…(also known as the Parable of the Four Soils) And we find it inMatthew 13:3-9Mark 4:2-9; andLuke 8:4-8 Let’s read fromMatthew 13:3-23…3 He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one:…“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds. 4 As he scattered them across his […]

Parable #23 Matthew 18:23-34 Unmerciful Servant 23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.…( Greek 10,000 talents [375 tons or 340 metric […]

Jesus’ Parables in Chronological Order Four Kingdom of Heaven Parables Before we continue let’s just look once again at the series we are doing at the moment namely the Parables of Jesus Jesus could have just come out and spoken the truth by just teaching the people. …He could have just stated the truth in […]

    Parable #18 — Matthew 13:47-51…Parable of the Fishing Net 47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught fish of every kind. 48 When the net was full, they dragged it up onto the shore, sat down, and sorted the good fish into crates, but threw […]

…Parable #21 — John 10:1-18 — Shepherd and His Flock The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10 “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of […]

Parable #20 — Matthew 18:12-14 — Lost Sheep Parable of the Lost Sheep 12 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? 13 And if he finds it, I […]