V. — PARABLES RECORDED IN THE GOSPELS

1. Peculiar to Matthew

(1.) The tares.............................		13:24-30
(2.) The hid treasure................		13:44.
(3.) The pearl of great price...		3:45, 46.
(4.) The drag net...		13:47-50.
(5.) The unmerciful servant		18:23-35.
(6.) The laborers in the vineyard		20:1-16.
(7.) The two sons.		21:28-32.
(8.) Marriage of the king's son		22:1-14.
(9.) The ten virgins		25:1-13.
(10.) The talents...		25:14-30.
(11.) Sheep and goats	.	25:31-46
	2. Peculiar to Mark

(1.) the seed growing secretly....... 4.20-29. (2) Watchfulness............ 13:34, 35

3. Peculiar to Luke.

(1.) The two debtors. 7:41-43.

(2.) The good Samaritan. 10:25-37.

(3.) The importunate friend

at mid-night. 11:5-8.

(4.) The rich fool 12:16-21.

(5.) The servants watching 12:35-40.

(6.) The steward 12:42-48.

(7.) Barren fig tree 13:6-9.

(8.) The great supper 14:16-24.

(9.) Building a tower, and a king

going to war. 14:28-33.

(10.) The lost piece of silver1. 5:8-10.

(11.) The prodigal son. 15:11-32.

(12.) The unjust steward. 16:1-13.

(13.) The rich man and Lazarus. 16:19-31.

(14.) The master and servant. 17:7-10.

(15.) The unjust judge and the importunate widow. 18:1-8.

(16.) The Pharisee and publican.18:10-14. (17.) The pounds. 19:12-27.

4. There are no parables,

as a special form of allegory found in John. The word rendered "parable" in John 10:6 is not the word so rendered in the Synoptics. The word which John uses (paroimia) is better translated "allegory." It occurs elsewhere only in John 16:25, 29 and 2 Peter 2:22, where it is rendered "proverb."

5. Common to Matthew and Luke.

(1.) The house on the rock and on the sand.	Matthew 7:24-27	Luke 6:46-49.
(2.) Leaven	13:33, 34;	13:18-21
(3.) The lost sheep	18:12-14;	15:1-10

6. Common to Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

(1.) Candle under a bushel Matthew 15:15; Mark 4:21.; Luke 8:16.

(2.) New cloth and an old garment	9:16..;	2:21.,	5:36.
(3.) New wine in old bottles	9:17.,	2:22.,	5:37, 38.
(4.) The sower	13:1-23.,	4:1-9.,	8:4-15
(5.) The mustard seed	13:31, 32.,	4:30, 34.,	13:18-20
(6.) The vineyard	21:33-46.,	112:1-12,.	20:9-19.
(7.) The fig tree	24:32-35.,	13:28.,	21:29-33.

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