The Parable of the Faithful Servant (or Parable of the Door Keeper) is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 24:42-51, Mark 13:34-37, and Luke 12:35-48...
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The Parable of the Talents (also the Parable of the Minas) is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in two of the synoptic, canonical gospels of the...
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The Parable of the Master and Servant is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found only in Luke's Gospel (Luke 17:7–10). The parable teaches...
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"unworthy". The eschatological image of a wedding used by Matthew also occurs in the parable of the Faithful Servant and the parable of the Ten Virgins. The original...
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and the Divine purposes." [emphasis added] The prevailing view among Bible Students that Russell was "the faithful and wise servant" of Jesus' parable, was...
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and the parable of the Faithful Servant (Matthew 24:42–51). The parable of the Ten Virgins reinforces the call for readiness in the face of the uncertain...
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The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (also known as Unforgiving Creditor, Ungrateful Servant, Unmerciful Servant, or Wicked Servant but not to be confused...
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Luke 12 (category Gospel of Luke chapters)
whether the parable of the faithful servant is addressed solely to the disciples or to the wider multitude (παντας, pantas: 'everyone'). The Jerusalem...
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trio in Luke dealing with loss and redemption. The parable of the Faithful Servant and parable of the Ten Virgins, adjacent in Matthew, involve waiting...
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of your spouse. Life of Jesus in the New Testament Luke 14 Ministry of Jesus Parable of the Faithful Servant Parable of the great banquet Parable of the...
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father; Greek: Παραβολή του...
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The Parable of the Unjust Steward or Parable of the Penitent Steward is a parable of Jesus which appears in Luke 16:1–13. In it, a steward who is about...
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God helps those who help themselves (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia)
to the Parable of the Faithful Servant, and the Parable of the Ten Virgins, which has a similar eschatological theme: be prepared for the day of reckoning...
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in Corinth. An early Christian parallel appears at the end of Jesus's Parable of the Faithful Servant as related in Luke 12:48: παντὶ δὲ ᾧ ἐδόθη πολύ, πολὺ...
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parable is not to be confused with the parable of the unforgiving servant, where a king forgives his servant, and the servant in turn is unable to have mercy...
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed is one of the shorter parables of Jesus. It appears in Matthew (13:31–32), Mark (4:30–32), and Luke (13:18–19). In the...
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The Parable of the Weeds or Tares (KJV: tares, WNT: darnel, DRB: cockle) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Matthew 13:24–43. The parable relates...
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The Parable of the Pearl (also called the Pearl of Great Price) is one of the parables of Jesus Christ. It appears in Matthew 13 and illustrates the great...
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in the Gospels of Matthew (Matthew 18:12–14) and Luke (Luke 15:3–7). It is about...
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The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen, also known as the Parable of the Bad Tenants, is a parable of Jesus found in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 21:33–46)...
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Luke 14 (category Gospel of Luke chapters)
image of a wedding also occurs in the parable of the Faithful Servant and the parable of the Ten Virgins. Here, it includes the extension of the original...
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The parable of the barren fig tree is a parable of Jesus which appears in Luke 13:6–9. It is about a fig tree which does not produce fruit. The parable...
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Lettres provinciales (redirect from The Provinicial Letters)
alluded to the Parable of the Faithful Servant in the Gospel of Luke, XII, 47–48, to Ecclesiastes, IX, 1, and to the First Epistle to the Corinthians...
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The Parable of the Leaven, also called the parable of the yeast, is one of the shortest parables of Jesus. It appears in Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:20–21...
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Philip Doddridge (redirect from O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand)
English Dissenter Independent (religion) Parable of the Faithful Servant Deacon, Malcolm (1980). Philip Doddridge of Northampton. Northampton: Northamptonshire...
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Rich man and Lazarus (redirect from Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus)
The rich man and Lazarus (also called the parable of Dives and Lazarus) is a parable of Jesus from the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Speaking to...
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Good Shepherd (redirect from Parable of the Good Shepherd)
that "parables are noticeably absent from the Gospel of John". According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Parables: "There are no parables in St...
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Mashal (allegory) (category Parables)
proverb or parable with a moral lesson or religious allegory, called a nimshal. Mashal is used also to designate other forms in rhetoric, such as the fable...
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portion of this chapter as the parable of the Sheep and the Goats, but it is obvious from its very beginning that it passes beyond the region of parable into...
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The Parable of the Unjust Judge (also known as the Parable of the Importunate Widow or the Parable of the Persistent Woman, is one of the parables of...
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