Reading the Bible One Parable at a Time
By | June 13, 2022 | The Bible Tells Me So (In the Text)
Reading the Parables of Jesus
The Bible is a book. The best way to read a book is to start at the beginning and read to the end. But there are many other ways to read a book as well.
Read a Parable Every Day
One way to read the Bible is by reading the parables that are found there. There are many of them. A parable is a story that teaches a lesson. There are many of them in the Bible. Most of them are the stories Jesus told.
You may want to read one of Jesus’ parables each day. After you read each one, you may want to think about what kind of things you can learn from such a story. Then you may want to see if you can remember the parable so you can tell it to someone else.
LET US HELP YOU GET STARTED
Here are 30 stories that Jesus told. Read a new one each day for 30 days. You will be surprised at how much you can learn just by reading these stories.
Some of Jesus’ stories are quite simple. Some of them are not so simple. Do not be surprised if you do not understand all of the stories that you read. Jesus told stories to help people know what he was saying. But some of his stories were filled with mystery. If you keep reading, you will learn many things about what Jesus wanted to say.
30 Parables of Jesus
1. The speck and the log
Matthew 7:1-6; Luke 6:37-43
2. The two houses
Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49
3. The two debtors
Luke 7:41
4. A rich man and his barns
Luke 12:16–21
5. The fig tree with no figs
Luke 13:6-9
6. The sower
Matthew 13:3-8; Mark 4:3-8; Luke 8:5-8
7. The weeds
Matthew 13:24-30
8. The small seed
Matthew 13:31-32; Mark 4:31-32; Luke 13:19
9. The lamp
Matthew 5:15, Mark 4:21, Luke 8:16, 11:33
10. The treasure and the pearl
Matthew 13:44-46
11. Clothes and wineskins
Matthew 9:16-17, Mark 2:21-22, Luke 5:36-37
12. Two men who owed money
Matthew 18:23-35
13. The good neighbour
Luke 10:30–37
14. The three loaves
Luke 11:5-8
15. The good shepherd
John 10:1-16
16. The guests
Luke 14:7-11
17. The great dinner
Matthew 22:2-9; Luke 14:16-23
18. The wedding clothes
Matthew 22:10-14
19. The tower
Luke 14:28-30
20. The king goes to war
Luke 14:31-33
21. The lost sheep
Matthew 18:12–13, Luke 15:4–7
22. The lost coin
Luke 15:8–9
23. The lost son
Luke 15:11-32
24. The bad worker
Luke 16:1-9
25. The workers in the vineyard
Matthew 20:1-16
26. Three men and some money
Matthew 25:14–30, Luke 19:11–27
27. The widow who would not stop
Luke 18:2-5
28. The Pharisee and the tax-gatherer
Luke 18:10-14
29. The wicked vine-grower
Matthew 21:33–43, Mark 12:1–9, Luke 20:9–15
30. The ten virgins
Matthew 25:1-12