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Understanding Parables

Understanding Parables. Feeding the 5,000.

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Understanding Parables

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  1. Understanding Parables

  2. Feeding the 5,000 “And He commanded the crowd to recline on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed and broke, and gave the loaves to His disciples. And the disciples gave to the crowd. And they all ate and were filled. And they took up twelve hand baskets full from the fragments that remained. And they who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.” Matthew 14:19-21

  3. Teaching the Young Rich Man “And when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, Yet you lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me. And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful, for he was very rich.” Luke 18:22-23

  4. What is a Parable? The English word "parable" comes from the Greek word parabole, which means "to throw alongside." The word also is related to the word "parallel," which usually describes two similar things laid side-by-side. Two things that are "thrown alongside" each other are easier to compare. The goal of a parable is to compare one thing to another—with one of the objects being an important spiritual lesson and the other being an event from everyday life.

  5. The Good Samaritan

  6. Luke 10:30-35 “And answering, Jesus said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by coincidence a certain priest came down that way and seeing him, he passed by on the opposite side. And in the same way a Levite, also being at the place, coming and seeing him, he passed on the opposite side. But a certain traveling Samaritan came upon him, and seeing him, he was filled with pity. And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And going on the next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him. And whatever more you spend, when I come again I will repay you.”

  7. The Good Samaritan • A priest sees an injured, half-dead man from a robbery and passes by • A Levite looks at the man and avoids him • The Samaritan (hated of the Jews) had compassion, bound up his wounds, put him in an inn, paid for his recovery time and promised to return

  8. Good Samaritan and Jesus • The priesthood and Jewish leaders had neglected the weak and spiritually dying • Jesus, however, was the Good Samaritan – hated by the Jews • He has compassion on the dying • The spiritual lesson is that Jesus, the real “Good Samaritan”, picks us up, heals our wounds and promises to make a payment when he returns • When he returns, he will “redeem” us and bring us safely into his Kingdom

  9. The Parable of the Sower “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, it happened that indeed some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and ate it up. And another fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth. And it sprang up at once, due to not having deepness of earth. And when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away. And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And another fell on good ground and yielded fruit, going up and increasing. And one bore thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundredfold.” Mark 4:3-8

  10. The Sower – Mark 4:14-20 “The sower sows the word. And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble. Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.” Is there anything strange about the farming practices of this sower? How do the various places of sown seed describe how the Gospel is received?

  11. Two Great Treasures “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:44-46 What is different about how the two men find the treasures? How is their reaction, to sell all that they had, an important spiritual principle?

  12. Your Pearl of Great Price?

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