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1. The Parables of Jesus
Marian Bustamante
Pol Caluscusan
Zyrane Canete
Denise Casocot
Marc Coritico

2. What is a Parable?
• It literally means “a throwing alongside”
• Its old definition is “an earthly story with
a heavenly meaning”
• Comes from the Greek
word, parabole, which means
comparison and analogy

3. • Word-pictures
• Teaching tool
• Most effective, as well as the most popular
teaching instrument used by Jesus
• A story of a familiar experience which is
told in order to illustrate a spiritual truth

4. How to Interpret the Parables:
1) Search the surrounding verses for
help in finding the main spiritual
truth.

5. 2) Look for the simplest and clearest
explanation rather than for
mysterious meanings.

6. 3) Use a disciplined imagination.

7. Classifying the Parables

8. Main Groupings:
1) Parables of the early ministry: the Good
News of the Kingdom of God.
2) Parables of the later ministry: the
Children of the Kingdom of God.
3) Parables of the Passion Week: the
Kingdom of God as a Judgment.

9. The Parable of the Growing Seed
(Mark 4:26-29)

10. 26 He
also said, “This is what the kingdom
of God is like. A man scatters seed on the
ground. 27 Night and day, whether he
sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and
grows, though he does not know how.

11. 28 All
by itself the soil produces grain—
first the stalk, then the head, then the
full kernel in the head.
29 As soon as the grain
is ripe, he puts the
sickle to it, because
the harvest has come.”

12. Message:
• The parable teaches us of the vitality of
God’s kingdom. It has the spontaneity of
a seed. It possesses a divine vitality, the
inherent forces of a self-fashioning life. It
thrives not primarily by human aid, but
by inherent power.

13. • A man may dissect the roots of a
flower, and analyze the soil, but the
secret of the growth will still elude him.
It is God who causes the seed to take
root and to grow. He is the one who
gives life to the seed. He is the one who
makes it grow.

14. • The point is that the farmer cannot do
anything for the seed to grow. He can
make the circumstances as good as
possible for the seed to grow, but he
cannot cause it to grow. The power to
germinate, to break forth and grow is of
the seed itself, by its own virtue. Man
does not create life.

15. • He can only discover, rearrange and
develop what is already there. Unless
God causes the seed to grow, then all the
effort of the farmer would be wasted.
• It is the same with the kingdom of
God, with the growth of believers, both
individually and collectively.

16. • Growth is not of man. Growth is of God.
It is the Spirit of God that takes the
gospel and changes a man’s
heart, causing him to grow in grace.

17. The Parable of the
Good Samaritan
(Luke 10:25-37)

18. 25 On
one occasion an expert in the law
stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he
asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal
life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he
replied. “How do you read it?”

19. 27 He
answered, “‘Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength and with all
your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself.”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus
replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he
asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

20. 30 In
reply Jesus said: “A man was going
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he
was attacked by robbers. They stripped
him of his
clothes, beat
him and went
away, leaving
him half
dead.

21. 31 A
priest happened to be going down the
same road, and when he saw the man, he
passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a
Levite, when he came to the place and saw
him, passed by on the other side.

22. 33 But
a Samaritan, as he traveled, came
where the man was; and when he saw
him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to
him and
bandaged his
wounds,
pouring on oil
and wine.

23. Then he put the man on his own
donkey, brought him to an inn and took
care of him.

24. 35 The
next day he took out two
denarii and gave them to the innkeeper.
‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I
return, I will reimburse you for any extra
expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think
was a neighbor to the man who fell into
the hands of robbers?”

25. 37 The
expert in the law replied, “The one
who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

26. Setting:
• road from Jerusalem to Jericho, Inn
Audience:
• expert of the law

27. Characters:
1) Jewish man
2) Robbers
3) Priest
4) Levite
5) Samaritan
6) innkeeper

28. Terms:
1) Levite - a member of the priestly
Hebrew tribe of Levi; specifically: a
Levite of non-Aaronic descent assigned
to lesser ceremonial offices under the
Levitical priests of the family of Aaron
2) Samaritan - a native or inhabitant of
Samaria

29. 3) Donkey - is a domesticated member of
the Equidae or horse family.
4) Inn - a house usually in the country
where people can eat and rent a room
to sleep in
5) Denarius (plural: denarii) - a small silver
coin of ancient Rome
6) Reimburse - to pay back to someone

30. Message:
• Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
The message of the parable is simple, we
should love our neighbors and help
anyone in need. It does not matter
whether both of you are different, it
does not even matter that he may be
your enemy, you should help him in
times of need.

31. • It is not right to turn a blind eye to
people who are in need. God accepts
everyone with open arms. We should do
the same. Do not discriminate, you
should be a good neighbor to everyone.
You should not be selfish. When you see
someone who is in need, the right thing
to do is to help him.

32. • How would you feel if you were the dying
man on the ground, and people only
passed you by? You would have probably
died if the Good Samaritan didn’t stop
and help you. The parable shows us the
Good Samaritan, the perfect role model
in being a neighbor.

33. • The parable shows us the Good
Samaritan, the perfect role model in
being a neighbor. We should all be like
him. Someone who cares for others.
Someone who does not turn a blind eye
to those in need. That is was being
neighbors is all about, helping each
other.

34. THE PARABLE OF THE
WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD
(Matt. 20:1-16)

35. 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a
landowner who went out early in the
morning to hire workers for his
vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a
denarius for the day and sent them into
his vineyard.

36. 3 “About
nine in the
morning he went out
and saw others standing
in the marketplace doing
nothing. 4 He told them,
‘You also go and work
in my vineyard, and I will
pay you whatever is right.’
5 So they went.

37. “He went out again about noon and
about three in the afternoon and did the
same thing. 6 About five in the afternoon
he went out and found
still others standing
around. He asked
them, ‘Why have you
been standing here all
day long doing
nothing?’

38. 7‘Because
no one has hired us,’ they
answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go
and work in my vineyard.’
8 “When evening came, the owner of the
vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the
workers and pay them their
wages, beginning with the
last ones hired and
going on to the first.’

39. 9 “The
workers who were hired about
five in the afternoon came and each
received a denarius. 10 So when those
came who were hired first, they expected
to receive more. But each one of them
also received a denarius.
11 When they received it, they began to
grumble against the landowner.

40. 12 ‘These
who were
hired last worked only
one hour,’ they said,
‘and you have made
them equal to us who
have borne the burden
of the work and the
heat of the day.’

41. 13 “But
he answered one of them, ‘I am
not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t
you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take
your pay and go. I want to give the one
who was hired last the same as I gave
you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I
want with my own money? Or are you
envious because I am generous?’

42. 16 “So
the last will be first, and the first will
be last.”

43. SETTING:
• The marketplace , the landowner’s
vineyard
AUDIENCE:
• The disciples of Jesus

44. CHARACTERS:
1) Landowner
2) Workers - employed at 6 AM, 9
AM, 12 NN, 3 PM, 5 PM
3) Foreman

45. TERMS:
1) Denarius - most common Roman coin
during the human lifetime of Jesus
Christ; amounting to a day's pay for
workers
2) Vineyard- A plantation of
grapevines, typically producing grapes
used in winemaking.

46. Message:
• Jesus is comparing the owner with
God, whose grace cannot be measured
by one whole, one-half, one-fourth, and
so on. God’s grace is a free gift to all
whether we come early or late. No one
has the right to measure out what he
deserves in exchange for work done for
God.

47. • Jesus understands that men are different
individuals and each has a capacity for
responding to God’s call and challenge in
a different way. So, by implication, the
disciples and the Pharisees alike stand
before God in the Kingdom that is to
come. Gentiles and Jews receive the
same treatment, although the Gentiles
came on the scene much later.

48. Other Parables

49. The Parable of the Sower
(Luke 8:4-15)

50. 4 While
a large crowd was gathering and
people were coming to Jesus from town
after town, he told this parable:

51. 5 “A
farmer went out to
sow his seed. As he
was scattering the
seed, some fell along
the path; it was
trampled on, and the
birds ate it up.

52. 6 Some
fell on rocky ground, and when it
came up, the plants withered because
they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell
among thorns, which grew up with it and
choked the plants.

53. 8 Still
other seed fell on good soil. It came
up and yielded a crop, a hundred times
more than was sown.”
When he said this, he called
out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them
hear.”

54. 9 His
disciples asked him what this
parable meant. 10 He said, “The
knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom
of God has been given to you, but to
others I speak in parables, so that,
“though seeing, they may not see;
though hearing, they may not
understand.’

55. 11 “This
is the meaning of the parable: The
seed is the word of God. 12 Those along
the path are the ones who hear, and
then the devil comes and takes away the
word from their hearts, so that they may
not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the
rocky ground are the ones who receive
the word with joy when they hear it, but
they have no root.

56. They believe for a while, but in the time
of testing they fall away. 14 The seed that
fell among thorns stands for those who
hear, but as they go on their way they are
choked by life’s worries, riches and
pleasures, and they do not mature.

57. 15 But
the seed on good soil stands for
those with a noble and good heart, who
hear the word, retain it, and by
persevering produce a crop.

58. Setting:
• Farm
Audience:
• Large crowd, disciples
Character:
• Sower

59. Message:
• In the parable, you can classify the
different types of people who hear God’s
word. There are those who hear it, but
do not give it worth and succumb to
temptation. There are those who accept
it in the beginning but not
wholeheartedly, thus in the end, they
fail.

60. • And there are those who hear it, and
accept it wholeheartedly and abide by it.
We should be the good soil and accept
the seed and let it grow within us. It is
not enough to simply hear the word of
God, but we must accept it and abide by
it. We must not simply do hearing, but
rather responsible hearing. Do not take
the word of God for granted.

61. The Parable of the Lost Sheep
(Luke 15:1-7)

62. 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners
were all gathering around to hear
Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law muttered, “This man
welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:

63. 4 “Suppose
one of you has a hundred
sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he
leave the ninety-nine in the open country
and go after the lost sheep until he finds
it?

64. And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it
on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then
he calls his friends and
neighbors together and
says, ‘Rejoice with
me; I have found
my lost sheep.’

65. 7I
tell you that in the same way there will
be more rejoicing in heaven over one
sinner who repents than over ninetynine righteous persons who do not need
to repent.

66. Audience:
• Tax collectors
• Sinners
• Pharisees
• Teachers of law

67. Message:
• In this parable, the shepherd represents
God and the sheep are His people. God is
happier when someone returns to him
after losing their faith. Not because he
loves that person more but because it is
joyous to find something that was once
lost. God cares for each and every one of
us.

68. The Parable of the Weeds
(Matt. 13:24-30)

69. 24 Jesus
told them another parable: “The
kingdom of heaven is like a man who
sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while
everyone was sleeping, his enemy came
and sowed weeds among the wheat, and
went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted
and formed heads, then the weeds also
appeared.

70. 27 “The
owner’s servants
came to him and said,
‘Sir, didn’t you sow good
seed in your field? Where
then did the weeds come
from?’ 28 “‘An enemy did
this,’ he replied.“The
servants asked him,
‘Do you want us to go
and pull them up?’

71. 29 “No,’
he answered, ‘because while you
are pulling the weeds, you may uproot
the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow
together until the harvest. At that time I
will tell the harvesters: First collect the
weeds and tie them in bundles to be
burned; then gather the wheat and bring
it into my barn.”

72. Audience:
• Crowd, disciples

73. • The man who sowed good seeds = God
• Field = world
• Good seeds = people who belong to the
kingdom of God
• Weeds = people who belong to the evil
one
• Enemy who sowed the weeds = Devil
• Harvest = End of Age
• Workers = angels

74. Message:
• Just as the weeds are gathered up and
burned in the fire, so the same thing will
happen at the end of the age: God will
send out his angels to gather those
people who do evil things and throw
them into hell. And the people of God
will shine in His Kingdom.

75. • God is patient with us. He waits until the
right time comes before He sends His
angels to separate the weeds and the
wheat.

76. The Parable of the 10 Virgins
(Matt. 25:1-13)

77. 25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven
will be like ten virgins who took their
lamps and went out to meet the
bridegroom.2 Five of them were foolish
and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones
took their lamps but did not take any oil
with them. 4 The wise
ones, however, took oil in jars along with
their lamps.

78. 5 The
bridegroom was a long time in
coming, and they all became drowsy and
fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s
the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

79. 7 “Then
all the virgins woke up and
trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones
said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your
oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be
enough for both us and you. Instead, go
to those who sell oil and buy some for
yourselves.’

80. 10 “But
while they were on their way to
buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The
virgins who were ready went in with him
to the wedding banquet. And the door
was shut.
11 “Later the others also came.
‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for
us!’

81. 12 “But
he replied,
‘Truly I tell you, I don’t
know you.’
13 “Therefore keep
watch, because you
do not know the day
or the hour.

82. Setting:
• The groom’s house
Audience:
• disciples

83. Terms:
• Lamp - a large, flat bowl with a rag or
rope-like wick which could be attached
to a pole and used as an outdoor torch to
illuminate one’s steps in the darkness.
- When you “trim” your Lamp you blow
out the fire and cut off (trim) the burnt
part of the wick and add fuel.

84. Message:
• The five virgins who have the extra oil
represent the truly born again who, with
saving faith, are looking with eagerness
to the coming of Christ. The five virgins
without the oil represent false believers
who enjoy the benefits of the Christian
community without true love for Christ.

85. • The parable warns us that Christ will
return at an unknown hour and that His
people must be prepared. Being ready
means keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus at
all times while we eagerly await His
coming. If we would be ready for Christ’s
second coming, we must be born again
through the saving faith in Jesus Christ –
his death, burial and resurrection.

86. The Parable of the Prodigal Son
(Luke 15:11-32)

87. 11 Jesus
continued: “There was a man
who had two sons.12 The younger one
said to his father, ‘Father, give me my
share of the estate.’ So he divided his
property between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son
got together all he had, set off for a
distant country and there squandered his
wealth in wild living.

88. 14 After
he had
spent everything,
there was a severe
famine in that
whole country,
and he began to
be in need.
15 So he went and hired himself out to a
citizen of that country, who sent him to
his fields to feed pigs.

89. 16 He
longed to fill his
stomach with the
pods that the pigs
were eating,
but no one gave
him anything.

90. 17 “When
he came to his senses, he
said, ‘How many of my father’s hired
servants have food to spare, and here I
am
starving to death!

91. 18 I
will set out and go back to my father
and say to him: Father, I have
sinned against heaven and against
you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called
your son; make me like one of your hired
servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his
father.

92. “But while he was still a long way off, his
father saw him and was filled with
compassion for him; he ran to his son,
threw his arms around him and kissed
him.

93. 21 “The
son said to him, ‘Father, I have
sinned against heaven and against you. I
am no longer worthy to be called your
son.’
22 “But the father said to his
servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and
put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and
sandals on his feet.

94. 23 Bring
the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s
have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son
of mine was dead and is alive again; he
was lost and is found.’ So they began to
celebrate.
25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the
field. When he came near the house, he
heard music and dancing. 26 So he called
one of the servants and asked him what
was going on.

95. 27 ‘Your
brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and
your father has killed the fattened calf
because he has him back safe and
sound.’
28 “The older brother became angry and
refused to go in. So his father went out
and pleaded with him.

96. 29 But
he answered his father, ‘Look! All
these years I’ve been slaving for you and
never disobeyed your orders. Yet you
never gave me even a young goat so I
could celebrate with my friends. 30 But
when this son of yours who has
squandered your property with
prostitutes comes home, you kill the
fattened calf for him!’

97. 31 “‘My
son,’ the father said, ‘you are
always with me, and everything I have is
yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be
glad, because this brother of yours was
dead and is alive again; he was lost and is
found.’”

98. Audience:
• Tax collectors
• Sinners
• Pharisees
• Teachers of law

99. Characters:
1) Father
2) Prodigal son
3) Elder brother

100. Terms:
1) Prodigal - spending money or resources
freely and recklessly; wastefully
extravagant.

101. Message:
• God is like the father and the son is like
the sinner who has separated from Him.
The father forgives, although the son
needed to recognize his wrong and
return to accept that forgiveness. This
parable shows the central trait of God’s
character – forgiving love. In the
story, the father recognized the wrong
his son has done, yet he chose to accept
him.

102. • Forgiveness does not mean the casual
overlooking of sin, but the painful
acceptance of the sinner in spite of his
sin. Our Father never gives up searching
for us when were lost in sin, and He
always forgives when we repent. He
wants to run to meet us when we are still
a long way off, and He wants to celebrate
when were at home in His kingdom
where we belong.

103. ze end