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Every list in one place: supposed contradictions, misused verses, prophecies, names, parables, creeds, and the rest. With no section picked you see all of them. Pick one or more sections to narrow it, then filter by words, verse, kind, or tag. Unroll a row for the answer.
Looking for a word? The Glossary has its own page, and so does The Covenants with its teaching.
The stories Jesus told, each in the scene where He told it. Look one up by name or verse and see what it was pressing on its first hearers.
The Sower
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One seed and four kinds of soil. The same word lands differently in different hearts.
Wheat and Weeds
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An enemy sows weeds among the wheat, and both grow together until the harvest.
The Mustard Seed
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The smallest of seeds grows into a tree where the birds come and nest.
The Leaven
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A woman mixes leaven into three measures of flour until all of it is leavened.
The Pearl of Great Price
A merchant finds one very precious pearl and sells all he has to buy it.
The Net
A net gathers fish of every kind. The good are kept and the bad are thrown away.
The Seed Growing Secretly
A man scatters seed and goes to sleep, and the seed grows, “though he knows not how.”
The Lost Sheep
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One sheep out of a hundred is lost. The shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to find it, and rejoices when he does.
The Lost Coin
A woman lights a lamp and sweeps the house to find one of her ten coins.
The Two Sons
A younger son comes home from a distant country. An older son refuses to come in.
The Wandering Little One
In Matthew the lost sheep is one of the little ones who wanders off, not only an outsider.
The Ten Virgins
Ten wait for the bridegroom. Five brought extra oil. He is delayed, and the door is shut.
The Talents
Three servants are given different amounts. After a long time, the master returns to settle accounts.
The Minas
A nobleman goes away to receive a kingdom. His servants trade with what he left them, and his subjects hate him.
The Wicked Tenants
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Tenants beat the owner's servants, kill his son, and the vineyard is given to others.
The Wedding Feast
The invited guests refuse to come. The hall is filled from the streets. A man without wedding clothes is thrown out.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
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A poor man named Lazarus at the gate, a rich man in torment, a great chasm, and Moses who has already spoken.
The Unforgiving Servant
Forgiven a debt he could never pay, a servant chokes a man who owes him a little.
The Good Samaritan
A lawyer wants to know who counts as his neighbor. Jesus tells a story where the hero is the man he would least want.
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Two men pray. One thanks God he is not like other men. The other says, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner!”
The Two Builders
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Hearing and doing is building on rock. Hearing without doing is building on sand, and the storm is coming.
The Two Sons
One son says no, then goes. The other says yes, and does not go. Which one did his father's will?
Workers in the Vineyard
Workers hired at the last hour are paid the same as those who worked all day, and the first ones grumble.
The Shrewd Manager
A manager about to be fired cuts down what people owe his master, so that they will welcome him later.
The Persistent Widow
An unjust judge gives a widow justice because she will not stop asking. How much more will God answer His own?
The Friend at Midnight
A man knocks on his friend's door at midnight to borrow bread for a guest who has arrived.
The Rich Fool
A rich man builds bigger barns and tells himself to take it easy. That night his life is required of him.
The Barren Fig Tree
For three years a fig tree has no fruit. The keeper asks for one more year to dig around it and fertilize it.
Watchful Servants
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Servants dressed for work with their lamps burning, waiting for a master who may come late in the night.