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Jesus Parables

            
            
            
             Jesus" parables are a great way to make a point to a crowd. They generally make the lesson more personable and help relate the point more closely to their own life. Neil Lightfoot states when he says: "The parables of Jesus will always remain the very center and heart of the teachings of Christ. They summarize what Jesus taught and lived. They tell us what the good life is, what the real values of life are. They speak to man, and bind principles upon him, in terms he can understand." What he is telling us is they are plain practical lessons for all ages, even are they depict a religion that is designed for all. .
             The parables that appear in Luke make very good points that would be lost if the gentile physician did not record them. We can gain so much from the following stories that would be lost otherwise.
             The parable of the Good Samaritan appears in Luke 10:25-37. The parable involves a lawyer asking Jesus how to inherit eternal life. When Jesus catches the lawyer in his own game by asking him his knowledge of the law, the lawyer again tries to corner him by asking for a definition of neighbor. Jesus then tells the story of a man who falls into thieves and is ignored by a priest and a Levite. He finally receives aid from a Samaritan who takes him to an inn and finances his recovery (The Holy Bible).
             The first two travelers knew of God's love for man. The priest and the Levite had dealings with God and his teachings on a day to day basis. Despite this exposure to God's love they had not learned how to live their lives as God wanted them to. The significance of the third traveler who finally helped the man in need was the fact that the Samaritan race was scorned by other races because they were comprised of Israelites that had married with foreigners. These feelings of animosity had reached a peak when the Samaritans offered help to the Jews in building a temple on Mt.


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1. The Parables of Jesus

During the life of Jesus while he was on earth his ministry was mostly composed of parables. ... This parable is different than the others, Jesus explains this parable and what it means unlike the others. ... "Starting from the time that Jesus chose to say this parable, this was by no means accidental. ... Jesus said this parable when many people were coming to him to hear the Word of God. ... The Parable of the Good Samaritan is an answer to a question asked to Jesus by a lawyer. ...

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2. Jesus and the Act of Confession

Jesus illustrates this concept in many parables, including the parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-32). In this story Jesus paints a picture of two sons, one who is rebellious and one who is legalistic. ... Just as the father from the parable wants his relationship to his son to be restored, God desires that humanity be restored to relationship with Him. ... The teaching and the parable that followed both emphasize forgiveness. ... Furthermore, Jesus makes it clear that this experience is not meant for the disciples alone. ...

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3. The Parable of the Good Samaritan

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4. Parables

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5. PARABLE OF THE TWO DEBTORS

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6. Teachings of Jesus

Jesus also commonly spoke in parables making repeated references to agriculture and nature. ... According to the gospel of Mark 4:33-34; with many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them (the crowds that followed Him), as much as they could understand. ... Why would Jesus speak only in parable? ... It mostly seems that Jesus spoke in parable so only the pure of heart that were receptive to his teachings could understand them. ... The parables Jesus used painted a picture for the interpreter to help them understand the beauties of the kingdom of God. ...

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7. Kingdom of God

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8. My Son Again

Why did Jesus speak in parables? Throughout the Gospels of the New Testament, the gospel writers depict Jesus speaking in parables to a group of people regarding the Kingdom of Heaven. Parables are insightful, concrete stories that are told orally to evoke a key theme or point about life. Jesus uses parables (probably) because the language for the most part is easy to understand and his audience included a wide variety of persons with different backgrounds and lives. ... The significance of this parable can be seen in the three major characters of the story (the father, the elder son, and ...

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9. Esegesis Luke

Jesus chose to demonstrate the love of God and appeal to Simon's sense of logic with a parable. ... Tannehill states, "the parable provides an imaginative bridge leading hearers to judge a situation from a new angle." ... The parable ends with a question to Simon, "Now which of them will love more?" ... In this understanding, her love is the consequence of her forgiveness and integrates the parable to the narrative." ... Jesus is asking Simon to connect the lessons of the parable with the lessons of the life of the sinful woman and his own personal sins. ...

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