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Jesus told this parable in the temple courts during His final week in Jerusalem, in the middle of a direct confrontation with the chief priests and elders. They had challenged His authority, He had answered with a question about John…
Parables of ChristPeter had just asked Jesus what the disciples could expect in return for what they had given up. "Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?"1 Jesus answered with a promise of great reward, and…
Parables of ChristPeter asked Jesus a question about limits. "Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"1 Jewish teaching of the period commonly bounded the duty of forgiveness at three offenses, appealing to the…
Parables of ChristThis is the seventh and last of the kingdom parables gathered in Matthew 13. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was full,…
Parables of ChristThis parable stands among the parables of the kingdom in Matthew 13. The pearl is found by a man who had been looking for something like it his whole working life. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a…
Parables of ChristJesus told this parable as the fifth in a run of kingdom parables recorded in Matthew 13, following the sower, the wheat and the tares, the mustard seed, and the leaven. It stands beside its twin, the parable of the…
Parables of ChristJesus accepted an invitation to eat in the house of a Pharisee named Simon, one of a number of such invitations He accepted despite the suspicion many Pharisees held toward Him. A meal in that setting was not always a…
Parables of ChristThe disciples of John came to Jesus with a question about fasting. "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?"1 Both John's followers and the Pharisees kept regular fasts as marks of piety, and the…
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