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“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a
lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the
house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and
glorify your Father in heaven.

Parable of the Speck and The Log - Matthew 7:1-5

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“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be
judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck
of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you
say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in
your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see
clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Parable of New Cloth on Old Garment - Matthew 9:16-17

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“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the
garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do,
the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new
wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Parable of The Divided Kingdom - Matthew 12:24-30
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that
this fellow drives out demons.” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom
divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not
stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they
will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of
God has come upon you. “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his
possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. “Whoever is
not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Parable of The Sower - Matthew 13:1-23

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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered
around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he
told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was
scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky
places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But
when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good
soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has
ears, let them hear.” The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in
parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been
given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance.
Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to
them in parables:

“Though seeing, they do not see;

though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;

you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear For truly I tell you,
many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear
what you hear but did not hear it. “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When
anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and
snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed
falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes
because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone
who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word,
making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and
understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what
was sown.”

Parable of The Weeds Among the Wheat - Matthew 13:24-30

Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in
his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat,
and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where
then did the weeds come from?’

“‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

“‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with
them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect
the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my
barn.’”
Parable of The Mustard Seed - Matthew 13:31-32
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He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took
and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of
garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
Parable of The Leaven - Matthew 13:33-34
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and
mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.” Jesus spoke all
these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Parable of Hidden Treasure - Matthew 13:44

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“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again,
and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Parable of Pearl of Great Price - Matthew 13:45-46
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of
great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

Parable of The Net - Matthew 13:47-50

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“Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all
kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and
collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the
age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the
blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Parable of The Heart of Man - Matthew 15:10-20
Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. What goes into someone’s mouth
does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when
they heard this?”

He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
Leave them; they are blind guides.[a] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes
into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of a person’s mouth
come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder,
adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but
eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
Parable of The Lost Sheep - Matthew 18:10-14
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“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven
always see the face of my Father in heaven.

“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not
leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it,
truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not
wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones
should perish.

Parable of The Unforgiving Servant - Matthew 18:23-35

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“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.
Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that
he had be sold to repay the debt.

“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay
back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred
silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he
demanded.

“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the
debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told
their master everything that had happened.

“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of
yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I
had on you?’ In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should
pay back all he owed.

“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister
from your heart.”
Parable of Laborers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20:1-16
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“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire
workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his
vineyard.

“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing
nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
So they went.

“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. About
five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why
have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay
them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. So
when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also
received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These
who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who
have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for
a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave
you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I
am generous?’

“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Parable of The Two Sons - Matthew 21:28-32

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“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go
and work today in the vineyard.’
“‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he
did not go.
“Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the
kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,
and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you
saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

Parable of The Tenant Farmers - Matthew 21:33-45

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“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around
it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and
moved to another place. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants
to collect his fruit.

“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Then he sent
other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him
and take his inheritance.’ So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to
other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

“‘The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone;

the Lord has done this,

and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?

“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people
who will produce its fruit. 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on
whom it falls will be crushed.”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about
them.
Parable of the Marriage Feast - Matthew 22:1-14
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Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who
prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to
the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have
prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready.
Come to the wedding banquet.’

“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest
seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and
destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve
to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants
went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good,
and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing
wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man
was speechless.

“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the
darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Parable of The Budding Fig Tree - Matthew 24:32-35

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“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out,
you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[a] is near,
right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things
have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Parable of Faithful vs. Wicked Servant - Matthew 24:45-51
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in
his household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose
master finds him doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his
possessions. But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a
long time,’ and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is
not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Parable of The Ten Virgins - Matthew 25:1-13
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“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to
meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their
lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their
lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give
us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell
oil and buy some for yourselves.’

“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were
ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Parable of Ten Talents - Matthew 25:14-30

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“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth
to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each
according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold
went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with two
bags of gold gained two more. But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the
ground and hid his master’s money.

“After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The
man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted
me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few
things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

“The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of
gold; see, I have gained two more.’
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few
things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a
hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered
seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to
you.’

“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown
and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on
deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

“‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will
be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have
will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

The Book of Mark Parables

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Parable of The Lamp - Mark 4:21-25
He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it
on its stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant
to be brought out into the open. If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.” “Consider carefully
what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even
more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be
taken from them.”
Parable of New Cloth on Old Garment - Mark 2:21-22
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull
away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No,
they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
Parable of The Divided Kingdom - Mark 3:23-27
So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive
out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided
against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot
stand; his end has come. In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up.
Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.
Parable of The Sower - Mark 4:1-20
Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he
got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the
water’s edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer
went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds
came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up
quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and
they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and
choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up,
grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He
told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside
everything is said in parables 12 so that,

“they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,

and ever hearing but never understanding;

otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!”

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any
parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is
sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since
they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the
word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the
worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke
the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and
produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

Parable of The Growing Seed - Mark 4:26-29

He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night
and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know
how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the
head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
Parable of The Mustard Seed - Mark 4:30-34
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to
describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted,
it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can
perch in its shade.”

With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. He
did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own
disciples, he explained everything.

Parable of The Heart of Man - Mark 7:14-23

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15
Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a
person that defiles them.”

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18
“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside
can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the
body.”
He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a
person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed,
malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and
defile a person.”

Parable of The Tenant Farmers - Mark 12:1-12

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around
it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some
farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect
from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away
empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and
treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some
of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect
my son.’

“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will
be ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the
vineyard to others. Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone;

the Lord has done this,

and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him
because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;
so they left him and went away.

Parable of The Budding Fig Tree - Mark 13:28-33

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out,
you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is
near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these
things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only
the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.

Parable of Faithful vs. Wicked Servant - Mark 13:34-37

It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their
assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—
whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes
suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”

The Book of Luke Parables

Bible opened to Luke
These are Parables unique to the book of Luke.

Parable of The Good Samaritan - Luke 10:29-37

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…but he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by
robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A
priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the
other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on
him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on
his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii
and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you
for any extra expense you may have.’

“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of
robbers?”

The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Parable of The Friend at Midnight - Luke 11:5-13

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say,
‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have
no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already
locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even
though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your
shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who
knocks, the door will be opened.

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an
egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
him!”

Parable of The Rich Fool - Luke 12:13-21

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A6omLMgFtk&pp=ygUhUGFyYWJsZSBvZiBUaGUgUmljaCBGb29sIGZvciBraWRz

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to
them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an
abundance of possessions.”

And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He
thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I
will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years.
Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who
will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Parable of The Barren Fig Tree - Luke 13:6-9

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v=dnSSqkzF424&pp=ygUnUGFyYWJsZSBvZiBUaGUgQmFycmVuIEZpZyBUcmVlIGZvciBraWRz

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for
fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three
years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!
Why should it use up the soil?’

“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it
bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Parable of The Invited Guests - Luke 14:7-14

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When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this
parable: “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a
person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of
you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take
the least important place. But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your
host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in
the presence of all the other guests. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and
those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your
brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and
so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the
blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the
resurrection of the righteous.”

Parable of The Lost Coin - Luke 15:8-10

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“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the
house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and
neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell
you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Parable of The Prodigal Son - Luke 15:11-32

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Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father,
give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and
there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe
famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a
citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with
the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to
spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him:
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son;
make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him;
he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer
worthy to be called your son.’

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his
finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to
celebrate.

“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and
dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has
come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and
sound.’

“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with
him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never
disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my
friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes
home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to
celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and
is found.’”

Parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus - Luke 16:19-31

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“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At
his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from
the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich
man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw
Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on
me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in
agony in this fire.’

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while
Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all
this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from
here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

“He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him
warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even
if someone rises from the dead.’”

Parable of The Persistent Widow - Luke 18:1-8

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Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give
up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people
thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me
justice against my adversary.’

“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care
what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so
that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for
his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he
will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith
on the earth?”

Parable of The Pharisee and The Tax Collector - Luke 18:9-14

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To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else,
Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a
tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other
people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give
a tenth of all I get.’

“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his
breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who
exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”