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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. |