These are interpretations of the parables listed in the four Gospels of the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) according to the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
Recorded in one Gospel only:
Matthew
13:24-30
Parable: Weeds among the wheat
Lesson: Good and evil in life
13:44
Parable: The hidden treasure
Lesson: Value in the Bible
13:45-46
Parable: The pearl of great value
Lesson: Salvation
13:47-48
Parable: The full net
Lesson: The all-inclusive Church
18:23-24
Parable: The unmerciful servant
Lesson: Duty of forgiveness
20:1-16
Parable: Laborers in the vineyard
Lesson: The last will be first, and the first last
21:28-32
Parable: The father and two sons
Lesson: Insincerity and repentance
22:1-14
Parable: Marriage of the king's son
Lesson: Necessity for righteousness
25:1-13
Parable: Wise and foolish bridesmaids
Lesson: Careful and heedless preparation
25:14-30
Parable: The talents
Lesson: Use of advantages
25:31-46
Parable: The sheep and the goats
Lesson: Righteousness brings eternal life
Mark
4:26-29
Parable: Growth of a seed of grain
Lesson: Growth in religion
13:34-36
Parable: The watchful doorkeeper
Lesson: Watchfulness
Luke
7:41-50
Parable: The two debtors
Lesson: Gratitude for forgiveness
10:30-37
Parable: The good Samaritan
Lesson: Compassion for all
11:5-8
Parable: The friend at midnight
Lesson: Perseverance in prayer
12:16-21
Parable: The rich fool
Lesson: No anxiety for worldly goods
12:35-40
Parable: The waiting servants
Lesson: Expectancy of the Second Coming
12:42-48
Parable: Faithful and wise steward
Lesson: Conscientiousness in trust
13:6-9
Parable: The barren fig tree
Lesson: Unfruitfulness under grace
14:16-24
Parable: The great banquet
Lesson: Universality of the divine call
14:28-33
Parable: The tower; the warring king
Lesson: Prudence; self-denial
15:8-10
Parable: The lost coin
Lesson: Joy over penitence
15:11-32
Parable: The prodigal son
Lesson: Father's love for returning sinner
16:1-8
Parable: The dishonest manager
Lesson: Faithfulness to trust
16:19-31
Parable: The rich man and Lazarus
Lesson: Hopeless future to the unfaithful
17:7-10
Parable: The farmer and his servant
Lesson: Duty to God
18:1-8
Parable: The unrighteous judge
Lesson: Vindiction by continuing prayer
18:9-14
Parable: Pharisee and tax collector
Lesson: Self-righteousness and humility
19:12-27
Parable: Nobleman and the ten pounds
Lesson: Diligence rewarded, sloth punished
John
6:25-29
Parable: The bread of life
Lesson: Eternal salvation through Christ
10:1-39
Parable: Shepherd and the sheep
Lesson: God revealed through Christ
15:1-27
Parable: Vine and the branches
Lesson: God's love through Christ
Recorded in two Gospels:
Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:48-49
Parable: Houses on rock and sand
Lesson: Christ the true foundation
Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:20-21
Parable: The yeast
Lesson: Pervading influence of religion
Matthew 18:12-14, Luke 15:4-7
Parable: The lost sheep
Lesson: Joy over the penitent
Recorded in three Gospels:
Matthew 5:14-16, Mark 4:21-23, Luke 8:16-18
Parable: The lamp under a bushel basket
Lesson: Dissemination of truth
Matthew 9:16-17, Mark 2:19-22, Luke 5:36-39
Parable: New cloth on old garment; new wine in old wineskins
Lesson: Old forms and new faith
Matthew 13:18-30, Mark 4:3-9, Luke 8:5-8
Parable: The sower
Lesson: Exercise of understanding
Matthew 13:31-32, Mark 4:31-32, Luke 13:18-19
Parable: The mustard seed
Lesson: Spread of the Gospel
Matthew 21:33-41, Mark 12:1-8, Luke 20:9-16
Parable: Vineyard and tenants
Lesson: Rejection of Christ by the Jews
Matthew 24:32, Mark 13:38, Luke 21:29-30
Parable: Young leaves of the fig tree
Lesson: Indications of the Second Coming
Other passages sometimes designated as parables:
Matthew 7:3-5, Luke 6:41-42
Parable: The speck and the log
Lesson: Judgment of others
Matthew 9:15, Mark 12:19-20, Luke 5:34-35
Parable: The wedding guests
Lesson: Indication of the Second Coming
Matthew 11:16-17, Luke 7:31-32
Parable: Children at play
Lesson: Rejections of the Gospel
Matthew 12:43-45, Luke 11:24-26
Parable: Seven unclean spirits
Lesson: Sloth in faith
Matthew 13:52
Parable: Old and new treasures
Lesson: Combining old and new
Matthew 21:42-45, Mark 12:10-11, Luke 20:17-18
Parable: The rejected stones
Lesson: God's love of outcasts
Luke 13:25-27
Parable: The shut door
Lesson: Acquaintances meaningless in Heaven
Luke 14:7-11
Parable: Places of honor
Lesson: Humble to be exalted
Footnotes:
Graded Press, ed. "Parables of Our Lord." Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. Nashville; Burlingame: Thomas Nelson for Cokesbury, 1990. Print.
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