Parables of Jesus

Jesus’ ethics and morals are still crystallised for Christians today by a virtue of the gospel of Matthew, along with the other synoptic gospels, revealing a deeper understating of the portrayal of Jesus. Mathew’s Gospel is written to mainly satisfy the Jewish beliefs, this may differ to the other synoptic gospels as they all had a specific structure and style of writing to portray Jesus depending on their audience and time. Matthew’s representations of Jesus as being a teacher, a fulfiller of…

gospel of Mark and the unknown “Q” source, the author of the gospel creates a different take on the narrative of Jesus’ life. By altering the narrative structure and using Old Testament references the author created the “Jewish-Christian” gospel. This classification is fitting, as the structure and features of the gospel of Matthew create a close link to the Jewish heritage of Jesus Christ, appealing to the Jewish audience in the religiously unstable Israel. This…

four Gospels was based on the teachings and parables of Jesus during his lifetime when he travelled and preached about the ‘Reign of God’. During 30-33 AD, the idea of the Reign of God was at the centre of his instruction and way of life. Jesus preached the Reign of God to be the relationship of love we can have with God that will change our lives. He taught that God's’ love will heal us and make us whole again and that God even loves sinners. Jesus preached the Reign of God as he travelled…

describes the story with a servant whose master is away. The parable has two outcome; if the servant is faithful and do what he was assigned for then it is good; however, if the servant choose to disobey and “beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards” then he will be punished severely (NIV Bible, Matthew 24:49). Jesus was giving a warning for Christian underneath the actions of the servant. In the story, the master is Jesus himself, the Son of Man, but in this moment, he has…

values. Throughout his Gospel, Luke employs a plethora of literary techniques in Mary’s Song, Jesus’ initial Sermon, and the parables and stories of the Rich and the Kingdom of God, the Rich Fool, the Shrewd Manager, and The Rich Man and Lazarus in order to portray a theme of universality and to call followers to live simply and put aside material pursuits and worldly gains. Overall, discipleship to Jesus involves both a physical and metaphorical leveling of the playing field in front of the…

truth, worldview, right, and wrong are determined. The idea that biblical truth can be communicated, and for some, better understood in a work of fiction may seems ludicrous, but even the Bible recognizes this as a fact. Throughout the God’s Word parables and other stories are used to convict people and communicate principles. By having a different perspective, often achieve through a story, it can become easier to determine right from wrong. In this way a story can be used to help people…

from that of the gospel of Mark, it appears Luke goes into more detail to explain parable meanings. He also explains the “implication”…

I will be using the Sower parable in Matthew 13:19 (New International Version)because it shows that the kingdom of God is sewn into His follower's hearts. The parable is about a man scattering seeds on four different types of ground: along a path, rocks, thorns, and healthy soil. Where the seeds fell on the path, birds have come by and eaten them, when the sun came up the seeds that were thrown on the rocks had shriveled up and died, the seeds on the thorns grew little but were then choked out…

What is truly right and wrong? For thousands of years the true definition of ethics has not fully been determined. Different groups have fought over what is truly right and wrong. This has led to the development of many different theories and approaches to ethics. While religion has taken the lead in completing a set rule of their ethical beliefs, many philosophers have taken a stance on what ethics really means as well. Whether the ethical beliefs have a religious or philosophical background,…

recklessly spendthrift 4. yielding abundantly: luxuriant The “Parable of the Prodigal” is one of the best loved parables of Jesus and is found in the Gospel of Luke 15:11-32. Most people know this as the story of the Prodigal Son or the Lost Son who foolishly wasted all of his inheritance. However, this parable is also known as the Parable of the Running Father, the Loving Father, or even the Lovesick Father. It is in this parable, that the wastefully extravagant, recklessly spendthrift,…