Parables of Jesus

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Pick a parable you wish to study and present your findings to the rest of the group next week September 22.

1. For your selected parable, read through the parable and also skim through the passages before and after so you understand the context.
2. Identify the audience. To whom did Jesus want to tell this story and why?
3. Identify the main characters of the story, and also the twist of the story.
4. What do those main characters represent?
5. What point is Jesus trying to make?
6. What lesson did Jesus want his audience to learn?
7. What did YOU learn?

Name # Parable of Jesus

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Brenda # The Wedding Feast & The Wedding Garment (Matt 22:1-10) & (Matthew 22:11-14)

??? # The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Janet # The Arrogant Guest (Luke 14:7-11)

Ben # The Bride's Girlfriends or Ten Virgins (Matt25:1-13)

ChuenHo # The Dishonest Steward (Luke 16:1-12)

??? # The Laborers in the Vineyard or The Generous Employer (Matt.20:1-16)

Joni # The Money in Trust or The Talents (Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:12-27)

Fredrek # Master and Servant (Luke 17:7-10)

??? # The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

Jerry # The Prodigal Son or The Loving Father (Luke 15:11-32)

??? # The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)

??? # The Lost Sheep (Matthew 28:12-14; Luke 15:4-7)

Kendrick # The Closed Door (Luke 13:24-30)

Aurthur # The Doorkeeper (Mark 13:33-37; cf. Matt 24:42)

??? # The Thief in the Night and the Faithful Servants (Matthew 24:42-51.; Luke 12:32-48.)

??? # The Sower and the Seeds (Mark 4:3-9; Matt 13:3-9; Luke 8:5-8)

??? # The Weeds in the Grain or the Tares (Matt 13:24-30)

??? # The Net (Matthew 13:47-50)

??? # The Seed Growing Secretly (Spontaneously) or The Patient Husbandman (Mark 4:26-29)