Eulogy Of Jesus Research Paper

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Jesus taught using many different ways, one of His favorite ways being through parables. They were the most efficient way that He could relate tough concepts like faith, His driving out demons, and fasting, to simple, everyday occurrences like Sewing seeds in Mark 4, the division of kingdoms in Mark 3, and a wedding feast in Mark 2. However, it is really Jesus Himself who is the greatest parable of the Bible. The way He lived is the greatest example that He ever gave to us, and His life reverberates throughout the generations. Jesus often used parables in teaching people about difficult concepts. In Mark chapter 2, he answers the question as to why his apostles aren’t fasting to comparing Himself to the bridegroom at the wedding feast, for

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