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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

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