jesus teaches in parables

8/8/2019 Jesus Teaches in Parables

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The word parable comes from the Latin wordparabola which means comparison.

parables invite us to make comparisons

between a story drawn from familiar everyday

life and some other less evident, perhaps

hidden reality.

parables were told to reveal and not to hide the

truth. It was told to personally criticize thepersons to whom it was told in order to raise

the persons consciousness to a new level of

understanding.


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The parables that we hear now is addressed tous individually. It is not complete because the

ending is up to us.

a parable ceases to be a parable when it is

separated from its audience.


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Pharisee came from the Hebrew word parush

which means the separated which best

describe the attitude of the Pharisees who

insisted on observing the Torah very intently. The Christian quality shown in this parable is

humility referring to the attitude of the tax

collector who acknowledges his sinfulness. This parable is closely related to the 2nd

beatitude of Blessed are they who mourn

which refers to those who weep for their sins.


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The Jewish priesthood consisted of threefoldorder:

The Levites the lowest order who acted as

assistants, guards, porter & musicians of thetemple.

The priest the middle order

The high priest titular head of the Jewish

people & served as head of the Sanhedrin, the

Jewish high court.


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Christian qualities shown in the parable: consistency loving God and neighbor;

charitable going beyond ones biases; this is

shown by the fact that the Jews normally looked

down upon the Samaritans , referring to the Jews

who intermarried with people from Samaria. The

Jews refuse to interact with them since they

consider them as pagans; loving using ones hands and means as shown

by the Samaritan;

proactive concerned for the future when the

Samaritan promise to pay for any future expenses.


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This parable is undoubtedly the most popular ofJesus portraying the Kingdom of God throughthe use of the SEED.

Christian qualities shown are:

if we work for God, we must work with GREAT

PATIENCE sowing seed is a back breaking job.

we must work with a generous spirit, with

GREAT PERSEVERANCE even if only of theseed yielded a return, yet work continues for

the sower.


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Jesus was not really against wealth and materialresources. It is a poverty that is a choice of beingattached to God amidst all the material needsthat is hailed as a virtue. This parable is closely

related to the 1st beatitude of being poor inspirit.


to be other centered and to trust God and not possessions.


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Jesus explanation of the parable brings home tous the reality that life is not just a mixture of thegood and bad, but also the fact that life on earthis a spiritual struggle between good and evil.

Christian qualities shown is

for us NOT TO ACT AS SELF APPOINTEDJUDGE;

to be discerning, for evil is subtle in its ways;and

for us to have patience and perseverance.


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This parable of Jesus about the hiring of workmencan be very controversial. However, as Jesushimself points out through the owners statement the issue is not one of justice or injustice. The

issue is on the super-generous ways of the ownerwho also gave a full days wage to those who werehired and worked only for one hour.


to be generous like the owner of the vineyard;

to also give opportunities to persons around usand

to have faith in the goodness of others.

jesus teaches in parables

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