Overview of All Jesus' Parables
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Parable |
Main Point |
Scripture |
Audience or Reason |
Teaching |
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1. Lamp |
A lamp is not put under a table but on a lampstand to give light |
Matt 5:14-16 Mark 4:21-22 Luke 8:16-17, 11:33-36 |
Disciples and many listeners (Sermon on the Mount) |
Scribes and Pharisees |
|
2. Building a House |
Those who hear and obey the word are like a house built on rock which stands firm; otherwise, it won't withstand water, rain, and wind |
Matt 7:24-27 Luke 6:47-49 |
Disciples and many listeners (Sermon on the Mount) |
Scribes |
|
3. New Cloth on Old Garment |
Law and grace cannot be mixed. If mixed, the law won't be law, and grace won't be grace |
Matt 9:16 Mark 2:21 Luke 5:36 |
John's disciples and Pharisees |
Pharisees |
|
4. New Wine in Old Wineskins |
Law and grace cannot be mixed. If mixed, the law won't be law, and grace won't be grace |
Matt 9:17 Mark 2:22 Luke 5:37-38 |
John's disciples and Pharisees |
Pharisees |
|
5. Sower |
The sower is Jesus or evangelists; listeners are of four types; whether the gospel bears fruit depends on the listener's heart |
Matt 13:3-23 Mark 4:2-20 Luke 8:4-15 |
Disciples |
All who hear the word (gospel) |
|
6. Weeds |
Christ sows the gospel of the kingdom; Satan sows weeds at night (Be watchful) |
Matt 13:24-30 |
Disciples |
All who hear the word (gospel) |
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7. Mustard Seed |
The gospel is like a mustard seed, tiny at first but grows large with abundant branches (Initially 12 disciples, now 2.3 billion Christians) |
Matt 13:31-32 Mark 4:30-32 Luke 13:18-19 |
Disciples |
World |
|
8. Yeast |
The spread of the gospel is like yeast in dough, expanding rapidly |
Matt 13:33 Luke 13:20-21 |
Disciples |
World |
|
9. Hidden Treasure |
The treasure represents Christ's salvation; diligent work is needed to find it, and entering the kingdom requires sacrifice |
Matt 13:44 |
Disciples |
World |
|
10. Pearl |
The pearl represents Christ's salvation; diligent work is needed to find it, and entering the kingdom requires sacrifice |
Matt 13:45-46 |
Disciples |
World |
|
11. Net |
Evangelism is like casting a net; some are saved, some are not caught and discarded |
Matt 13:47-50 |
Disciples |
World |
|
12. Owner of a House and His Treasures |
Believers (scribes) should use their existing knowledge (law) as a foundation to develop new insights, teachings, and information |
Matt 13:52 |
Disciples |
Scribes and people |
|
13. Lost Sheep |
Christ fully commits to saving the lost sheep (all unbelievers) |
Matt 18:12-14 Luke 15:3-7 |
Disciples |
People |
|
14. Unforgiving Servant |
Forgive others limitlessly |
Matt 18:23-35 |
Peter |
People |
|
15. Workers in the Vineyard |
Repentance and salvation are God's grace; sovereignty belongs to God, regardless of early or late timing |
Matt 20:1-16 |
Disciples |
People |
|
16. Two Sons |
Unrepentant Jews who are rejected are like the first son; repentant sinners like prostitutes and tax collectors are like the second |
Matt 21:28-32 |
Chief priests, elders |
Traditional Jews who don't repent |
|
17. Wicked Tenants |
The son represents Christ; wicked tenants are those who killed Jesus; new tenants represent today's church |
Matt 21:33-45 Mark 12:1-12 Luke 20:9-19 |
Chief priests, Pharisees, many people |
Chief priests, Pharisees |
|
18. Wedding Banquet |
Explains how the gospel invitation was rejected by Jews and salvation was extended to Gentiles |
Matt 22:2-14 Luke 14:16-24 |
Chief priests, Pharisees, many people |
People |
|
19. Fig Tree |
The Lord uses the fig tree's growth to signify that the end times are near; people should repent |
Matt 24:32-44 Mark 13:28-32 Luke 21:29-33 |
Disciples |
People |
|
20. Ten Virgins |
The kingdom of heaven is like ten virgins with lamps going to meet the bridegroom. The bridegroom represents Jesus, we are the virgins waiting for the Lord's return, oil symbolizes love and faith |
Matt 25:1-13 |
Disciples |
People |
|
21. Talents |
People should not bury the grace given by God but use it for the Lord |
Matt 25:14-30 |
Disciples |
People |
|
22. Growing Seed |
The sower doesn't know how the seed sprouts and grows; workers just spread God's word (sow), growth depends on God |
Mark 4:26-29 |
Followers and disciples |
People |
|
23. Doorkeeper |
Be watchful, for you don't know when the Lord will return |
Matt 24:40-44 Mark 13:33-37 |
Disciples |
People |
|
24. Canceled Debts |
The amount owed represents people's awareness of their debt of sin; those who feel a greater debt experience greater forgiveness |
Luke 7:41-47 |
Pharisee who invited Jesus to dinner, sinful woman |
People |
|
25. Good Samaritan |
Reveals human nature; only through God's grace, the Lord's mercy and election can people be thoroughly changed and become a cleansed "good Samaritan" |
Luke 10:30-37 |
Expert in the law |
Self-righteous Jewish leaders |
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26. Friend at Midnight |
Prayer should be persistent; God will reward |
Luke 11:5-13 |
Two disciples |
People |
|
27. Rich Fool |
Storing up treasures on earth is foolish; they don't accompany the soul to heaven |
Luke 12:16-21 |
Audience of thousands; one person among them |
People |
|
28. Watchful Servants |
No one knows when the Lord will return; one must be watchful and wait |
Luke 12:35-40 |
Disciples |
People |
|
29. Faithful and Wicked Servants |
The Lord will judge according to people's deeds when He returns |
Matt 24:45-51 Luke 12:42-48 |
Peter's question |
People |
|
30. Barren Fig Tree |
God gives people gifts; if not used for the Lord, they occupy space and will be removed |
Luke 13:6-9 |
Crowd |
Unrepentant Jews |
|
31. Humility and Hospitality |
The Lord teaches people to be humble and learn to hide themselves |
Luke 14:7-11 |
The Lord visiting a Pharisee leader's home |
People |
|
32. Building a Tower and Going to War |
Following the Lord requires sacrifice; take up your cross and follow Him |
Luke 14:25-35 |
One person while the Lord was a guest |
People |
|
33. Lost Coin |
The Lord seeks the lost with the same heart as someone looking for a lost coin |
Luke 15:8-10 |
Tax collectors, sinners, Pharisees, scribes |
People |
|
34. Prodigal Son |
The father represents God, full of compassion; the elder son represents Pharisees and scribes; the younger son represents sinners. The Lord accepts repentant sinners and rebukes the self-righteous |
Luke 15:11-32 |
Tax collectors, sinners, Pharisees, scribes |
Pharisees, scribes |
|
35. Dishonest Manager |
People should seize opportunities to secure protection for themselves; shouldn't believers use their talents even more to strive for heavenly protection and rewards? |
Luke 16:1-13 |
Disciples |
People |
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36. Rich Man and Lazarus |
One's destination after death doesn't depend on earthly wealth but on whether one followed the Lord's teachings |
Luke 16:19-31 |
Disciples |
People |
|
37. Master and Servant |
Serving the Lord wholeheartedly is one's duty |
Luke 17:7-10 |
Apostles |
Disciples |
|
38. Widow and Judge |
Prayer should be persistent |
Luke 18:1-8 |
Disciples |
People |
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39. Pharisee and Tax Collector |
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; whoever humbles himself will be exalted |
Luke 18:9-14 |
Disciples |
Pharisees |
|
40. Servants and Minas |
Serving the Lord requires faithfulness in small matters |
Luke 19:11-27 |
Crowd |
People |
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41. Sheep and Goats |
The day of the Lord's judgment; what you do for the least of these brothers, you do for the Lord |
Matt 25:31-36 |
Crowd |
People |
|
42. Vine |
The Lord is the vine, believers are branches; branches cannot leave the vine; those not bearing fruit will be removed |
John 15 |
Disciples |
People |
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