The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable. These teachings can be read as being about divine love and salvation, ...

What are the weeds in our gardens of life that threaten the wheat growing there? In this Sunday’s reading from Matthew’s ...

Why did Jesus speak to people in parables? Scholars are agreed beyond doubt that Jesus taught in parables. The parable is a type of speech act in which the speaker attempts to draw comparisons between ...

The renowned Jewish scholar Dr. Amy-Jill Levine tells us the truth about the parables associated with Jesus in her “Short Stories by Jesus.” It is an excellent, eye-opening, and thought-provoking easy ...

If you’ve spent much time reading about the life of Jesus in the Bible, you know that he often taught using parables. A parable is a way of teaching a spiritual lesson using a practical example. Jesus ...

Editor's note: The following is an exclusive excerpt from Rev. Robert Sirico's The Economics of the Parables, which is now available to pre-order. The forthcoming book uncovers the enduring financial ...

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The Old and New Testament - the holy books of European civilization, an extraordinary record of the beliefs and mythical history of humankind, a collection of universal truths, legends, and parables, ...