Parables of Jesus

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151:1.1  About this time Jesus first began to employ the parable method of teaching the multitudes that so frequently gathered about him. Since Jesus had talked with the apostles and others long into the night, on this Sunday morning very few of the group were up for breakfast; so he went out by the seaside and sat alone in the boat, the old fishing boat of Andrew and Peter, which was always kept at his disposal, and meditated on the next move to be made in the work of extending the kingdom. ...

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Excerpt from Paper 151, section 1, paragraph 1

The following is a list of the parables of Jesus as written in The Urantia Book. They are listed by theme and somewhat consecutively.

Spreading the Gospel Message

--The Sower 151:1-2

--The Growing Seed  151:3.15

Kingdom Parables  151:4

Growth:

--The Mustard Seed

--The Leaven

Value:

--The Hidden Treasure

--The Pearl of Great Price

Sorting:

--The Wheat and Weeds

--The Sweep Net

Inner Transformation

--The White Lily 156:5.1 
--The Foolish Carpenter 156:5.2

Forgiveness 

--The Unforgiving Servant 159:1.4

--The Two Debtors 147:5.4

Note: The Two Debtors, in 147:5.4, occurs before parables are introduced in Paper 151. The Story of Job is called a parable in 148:6. Traditional listings of parables typically include the imagery and stories from the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew 5, 6, and 7.

Brotherly Love 

--The Good Samaritan 164:1

Discernment  
--The Good Shepherd ...  165:2

Riches

--The Rich Fool 165:4.2 

Humility  

--The Lowest Seat 167:1 

--The Pharisee and Publican 167:5.1

Fatherly Love  169:1

--The Lost Sheep ... also found in 159:1.2

--The Lost Coin

--The Lost Son ... (The Prodigal Son)

Speaking to the Disciples 

--The Laborers in the Vineyard 163:3.5 

--The Watchful / Faithful Servant 165:5.5–6.3

--The Barren Fig Tree 166:4.9

--The Shrewd Steward 169:2

--The Pounds 171:8

--The Grain of Wheat 174:5.8
--The Budding Fig Tree 176:2.6
--The Talents 176:3.4
--The Living Seed 178:1.15

--Washing the Apostles' Feet 179:3

Speaking to or about the Religious Rulers

--The Great Supper 167:2 

--The Two Sons 173:3 

--The Absent Landlord 173:4

--The Marriage Feast 173:5

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