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@parables-for-monday-mornings

Mateus Oliveira

One of Jesus' parables at a time, for ordinary work-week life: money, mercy, soil, and seeds.

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  • The Man Who Bought the Whole Field

    There are two little stories at the end of Matthew 13 that a lot of readers treat as the same parable told twice. The kingdom is like treasure hidden in a field, and the kingdom is like a merchant loo

    parables, kingdom, work

  • The Friend Who Won't Take No: Persistence in Luke 11

    Jesus tells this parable right after teaching the disciples to pray (Luke 11:1-4 English - ESV), which is the detail most readings skip. A man's friend shows up at midnight needing bread for an un

    parables, prayer, persistence, study

  • The Employer Who Pays the Same

    The kingdom is described as employment math that breaks your calculator. A landowner hires at dawn, at the third hour, at noon, at the fifth hour, and at the eleventh hour. At sunset, everyone receive

    parables, work, generosity

  • The Wage That Offends Us: Laborers in the Vineyard

    It is one of Jesus' most uncomfortable parables, and it lives entirely in the world of work. A landowner goes out at dawn to hire day laborers for his vineyard, agreeing on a denarius, a normal day's

    parables, grace, work, matthew, +2

  • The Crook Jesus Praises

    Jesus tells a story abou The agora at Ephesus, the kind of everyday marketplace the parable's manager knew how to work. t a manager who gets fired for wasting money, then does something that shoul

    parables, work, luke, money, +2

  • Four Soils on a Monday Morning (Mark 4)

    Jesus' first great parable in Mark is agricultural, but its subject is not farming. It is listening. A sower scatters seed on a path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and into good soil [[Mark 4:3-8 Eng

    parables, work, mark, listening, +1