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Parables names 2 things on this site
- Parables, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Parables of Jesus, a featured study.The kingdom told in stories — some forty parables of Jesus, gathered into seven clusters and opened one door at a time.
Featured studies
7 results- StudyParables of JesusThe kingdom told in stories — some forty parables of Jesus, gathered into seven clusters and opened one door at a time.
- StudyThe Kingdom ParablesMatthew 13 is one teaching day with two rooms — four parables from a boat to the multitude, four in a house to the disciples — and the chapter's own hinges show the floorplan.
- StudyWhy Jesus Spoke in ParablesThe disciples asked the question outright — Matthew 13:10 — and Jesus answered it from Isaiah 6. One form of speech that reveals and conceals at once, and the text says both without blushing.
- StudyThe Parables of JesusEvery parable, grouped by what it teaches, with the Gospels that keep it, the text opening in place, and a straight answer about why parable counts differ.
- StudyThe Kingdom of Heaven: Matthew's Great SubjectWhy Matthew alone says 'of heaven,' and how one kingdom can be already at hand and not yet consummated.
Verses
49 results- VerseMatthew 22:1Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
- VerseMatthew 13:18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
- VerseLuke 15:3Then Jesus told them this parable:
- VerseMatthew 13:53When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
- VerseProverbs 1:6by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Themes
2 results- ThemeForgivenessForgiveness in Scripture is not a sentiment but a transaction: a debt is real, and someone absorbs it. The Old Testament establishes this before it ever preaches it. The…
- ThemeKingdom of God"The kingdom of God" names not a place first but a reign — God's kingly rule breaking in, which then produces a people and a realm who live under it. The storyline starts long…
Topics
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1 resultApocrypha (study resources)
11 results- Study resourceSirach 47:15Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.
- Study resourceSirach 47:17The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations.
- Study resourceSirach 1:25The parables of knowledge are in the treasures of wisdom: but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
- Study resourceSirach 6:35Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
- Study resourceSirach 39:3He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.