The Parable of the Sower from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible shows that while not everyone may accept faith messages, sometimes the "seed" will land on good soil and produce fruit.

The chances are quite slim that any of you reading these words has never heard of the prodigal son. Some of you could locate ...

Some of the most impactful short stories come to us in the form of parables. Pithy, challenging, durable, and relentless, they encourage us to consider different ways of living and loving and being… ...

Some scholars argue that it is a depiction of the rich fool parable in Luke 12:16­-20, but the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin (correctly) entitles it, "The Money Changer" (Der Geldwechsler).

Luke prefaces our parable with two shorter ones: the Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin. The evangelist concludes them with, ...

As Barbara Reid notes, Luke's comparison to fervent prayer "sidetracks the reader" from the parable's core message of relentlessly seeking justice, leading many interpreters of the parable to ...

As the second of three parables in a row that deal with money and the importance of how it is handled, Jesus told the Parable of the Shrewd Manager in Luke 16 to illustrate mankind’s duty to be ...

In the New Testament, 55 parables are included in Luke, Mark and Matthew. Jesus used the parables extensively in his three-year teaching ministry.