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The Banquet

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Matthew 22:1-14 One Parable, Two Tellings If you turn to Luke 14:15-24 you will find a parable that is similar to the one that we are looking at this week. There is an invitation, a banquet, rejection and finally an invitation to those in the highways and byways. Matthews version differs in some major ways to Luke and is more …

A bribe

The Steward

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Luke 16:1-8 The Most Difficult of Stories If you thought the parable of the sheep and the goats was the most difficult parable to get your head around you probably haven’t read this one. It involves a ‘dishonest’ steward and a manger who in the end praises him for acting shrewdly but losing him money. If you read on Jesus …

Helping a runner

The Neighbour

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Luke 10:25-37 The Context This parable is told in response to a number of questions from an expert in the law, or lawyer as some versions translate it.  The fact that this man had come to Jesus to discuss the interpretation of scripture means he is probably a Pharisee.  This may seem unimportant but strikes at the heart of the …

Foundations

The Builders

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Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:48-49 The Sermon Close In Matthew’s gospel this parable rounds of Jesus’ sermon on the mount.  It is simple in its structure, following the often used comparison between two peoples actions.  It is the a summary of all that has gone before, condensing the proceeding sermon into a simple illustration. Jesus has spoken at length in the …

Truth Cast Beside

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‘I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old…’ Psalm 78:2 The Parables If you were to ask people which stories they knew from the Bible then a good number of the parables would be included in those they can recall.  This is probably due to the fact that parables often come …