Famous Quotes - Tags - Parables

  • ...for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was... More
  • A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they... More
  • A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there... More
  • A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped... More
  • Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of... More
  • All the names of good and evil are parables: they do not declare, but only hint. Whoever among... More
  • Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am... More
  • And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. More
  • And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man... More
  • And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead... More
  • And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of... More
  • And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone,... More
  • And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? More
  • And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice... More
  • But he answered his father, Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for... More
  • But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough... More
  • But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put... More
  • He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone... More
  • He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he... More
  • He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him... More
  • I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle-dove, and am still on their trail. Many are... More
  • I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man,... More
  • Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you... More
  • Not every end is a goal. The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not... More
  • On every parable you ride to every truth. More
  • Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the... More
  • So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, How much do you owe my... More
  • The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in... More
  • The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall,... More
  • Then the father said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. More
  • Then the master said to the slave, Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come... More
  • Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, Go out at once into the streets... More
  • There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every... More
  • These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of... More
  • Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,... More
  • Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you... More
  • Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine... More
  • Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very... More

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