| List of the Categories of the Parables [message #8724] | 
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*Parables Outline provided and written by Bruce Kinsey at FA as a supplemental guide for the Parables series.* 
 
*These are not my personal notes. I am just transcribing them for this site. * 
 
 
 
A.  List of the Categories of the Parables 
 
 
 
1. THE KINGDOM OF GOD  (6 PARABLES) 
 
 
a. The Seed Growing Secretly (Mk. 4:26-29) 
 
b. The Mustard Seed and The Leaven (Mk. 4:30–32; Mt. 13:32-33;  
   Lk. 13:18-21) 
 
d. The Hid Treasure and The Pearl of Great Price (Mt.13:44-46) 
 
 
 
2.  GOD’S MESSAGE IN THE WORLD (1 PARABLE): 
 
   
     
a. The Sower (Mt. 13:3-9, 18-23; Mk. 4:1-9, 13-20; Lk. 3:4-15) 
 
b. The Patched Cloth and The Wineskins (Mt. 9:16-17; Mk. 2:21-   
   22; Lk 5:36-38) 
 
 
 
3.  THE CORRUPTION OF GOD’S MESSAGE IN THE WORLD (1 PARABLE): 
 
 
l. The Wheat and Tares (Mt. 13:24-30, 36-43) 
 
 
 
4.  SALVATION AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS (Lk. 18:9-14) 
 
 
a. The Pharisee and the Publican (Lk. 18:9-14) 
 
b. The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, and The Prodigal Son (Lk. 15) 
 
c. The Sons Called to Work (Mt. 2:28-32) 
 
d. The Barren Fig Tree (Lk. 13:6-9) 
 
e. The Strait Gate and the Shut Door (Lk. 13:23-30) 
 
f. The Inward Light (Mk. 6:22-23; Lk. 11:34-36) 
 
g. The Door of the Sheep and The Good Shepherd (Jn. 10) 
 
 
 
5.  THE TREATMENT OF THE MESSIAH (2 PARABLES) 
	 
 
a. The Wicked Husbandmen (Mt. 21:33-41; Mk. 12:1-9; Lk. 20:9-16) 
 
b. The Rejected Stone (Mt. 23:42-46; Mk. 12:10-11; Lk. 20:7-19) 
 
 
6.  DISCIPLESHIP (11 PARABLES) 
 
 
a. The Cost of the Tower and The King’s Estimate of Military 
   Resources (Lk. 14:28-32) 
 
b. The Two Builders (Mt. 7:24-27; Lk 6:46-49) 
 
c. The Empty House (Mt. 12:43-45; Lk. 11: 25-26) 
 
d. The Offending Members of the Body (Mt. 5:29-30; Mk. 9:43,   
   Resources (Lk. 14:28-32) 
 
e. Salt Without Savour (Mt. 5:13; Mk. 9:50; Lk. 14:33-35) 
 
f. The Lighted Lamp (Mt. 5:15; Mk. 4:23; Lk. 8:16-17) 
 
g. The Two Roads (Mt. 7:13-14) 
 
h. The Unprofitable Servants (Lk. 17:7-10) 
 
i. The Great Supper (Lk. 14:15-24) 
 
j. The Righteous Steward (Lk. 16:1-13) 
 
 
7.  OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD (6 PARABLES) 
 
 
a. The Importunate (? GWB) Friend and The Unjust Judge (Lk. 
   11:5-8, 18:1-8) 
 
b. The Two Debtors (Lk. 7:41-43) 
 
c. The Bridegroom and the Children of the Bridechamber (Mk.   
   2:19-20; Lk. 5:34-35) 
 
d. The Vine and Branches (Jn. 15:1-11) 
 
e. The Rich Fool (Lk. 12:16-34) 
 
 
 
8.  OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS (2 PARABLES) 
 
 
a. The Unmerciful Servant (Mt. 18:23-35) 
 
b. The Good Samaritan (Lk. 10:30-37) 
 
 
 
9. REWARDS (1 PARABLE): 
 
 
a. The Laborers in the Vineyard (Mt. 20:1-16) 
 
 
 
10. THE RETURN OF CHRIST (6 PARABLES) 
 
a. The Sprouting Tree (Mt. 24:32-35; Mk. 13:28—31; Lk. 21:29-33) 
 
b. Men Waiting for Their Lord’s Return from the Wedding (Lk. 
   12:35-38) 
 
c. The Breaking-In of the Thief (Mt. 24:43-44; Lk. 12:39-40) 
 
d. The Servant Awaiting the Master (Mt. 24:45-51; Lk. 12:42-46 
 
e. The Householder and the Porter (Mk. 13:34-37) 
 
f. The Ten Virgins (Mt. 25:1-13) 
 
 
11.  JUDGEMENT (4 PARABLES) 
 
 
a. The Fishnet (Mt. 13:47-50) 
 
b. The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lk. 16:29-31) 
 
c. The Talents and The Ten Pounds (Mt. 25:14-30; Lk. 19:11-27) 
 
 
END 
 
 
 
*Parables Outline provided and written by Bruce Kinsey at FA as a supplemental guide for the Parables series.* 
 
*These are not my personal notes. I am just transcribing them for this site. * 
 
[Updated on: Fri, 23 November 2012 04:34] Shalom, 
 
GWB 
 
"Be still and know that I am God."
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