The Pharisees saw Jesus as an enemy because his words went against their strict interpretations of the law, interpretations ...

"The kingdom of God is as if" (e.g. Mk 4:26, 30-31; Mt 13:33). Some twelve similitudes appear in the Synoptic Gospels. Two examples of this type of parable are the following similitudes of the ...

Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep to show that the Kingdom of God is accessible to all, even those who were sinners or strayed from God’s path. He uses the example of a shepherd (God ...

The parable of the sower is an 'allegory' about the Kingdom of God. In other words, it can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, everything in the story represents something else. It is a ...

Jesus’ parable in Luke’s Gospel masterfully illustrates three characters, the father and two sons, each of whom provides an ...

By talking about the Kingdom of God, but by focusing it on the ... provoking people to think for themselves.... [For example], Jesus tells a parable about somebody who takes a mustard seed ...