Parables – jesus and the gospels

Parables: Great Banquet

Published on February 6, 2015 Author nikkum@uoregon.edu

Matthew 22:1-4. Parable of the Wedding Banquet. Explain what you think the following symbols represent: King/Person: I believe that the King represents God and the person represents us has his children. Son/ Servant: The Son represents new believers and followers of Christ and the Servant represents those who are called to bring people to Christ.… Continue reading Parables: Great Banquet →

The Great Banquet Parable

Published on February 5, 2015 Author cmann6@uoregon.edu

Before digging into the contextual nuances of the three related Gospel stories, we need to first look at the parable as a whole. The Wedding/Great Banquet parable originates form the Q source and is later modified by the Lukan, Matthean, and Gospel of Thomas authors. Each author modifies this particular story according to their particular… Continue reading The Great Banquet Parable →

Multi-Purpose Parables

Published on February 4, 2015 Author blibolt@uoregon.edu

The parables found in Matthew are very interesting when compared to Mark. For one, there are significantly more parables in the book of Matthew than in Mark. Matthew is known to go into much more detail and write in more detail than Mark, and that comes out in full in chapter 13. There are several… Continue reading Multi-Purpose Parables →

Grains, weeds, pearls, and treasures

Published on February 4, 2015 Author lucask@uoregon.edu

Matthew’s addition of the parable of the weeds is an expansion of Mk 4:26-29. Mark’s parable about seeds explains to those how the kingdom of God is interpreted in a simple way. We are born, seeds our sown. The seeds would sprout and grow, he does not know how; this is talking about the miraculous… Continue reading Grains, weeds, pearls, and treasures →