Read Along: Why Parables, Jesus? (Mark 10–Luke 15)
We’re Reading the Gospels in September. Here’s the Place to Share What We’re Discovering
Jesus’s preference for teaching with parables—that is, stories or analogies that indirectly communicate ideas—forms a well known feature of the gospels. Having read through Matthew and Mark and more than half of Luke, we’ve bumped into dozens and dozens so far. And since John’s gospel doesn’t really record any parables of its o…
