Parables Discipleship

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The following parables could be categorized as discipleship parables. Click the download button to read the file.

Discipleship Parables (Action Parables)

-subject of bearing fruit

  1. The Tree and It’s Fruit (Mt. 7:16-20; Lk. 6:43-45 [#73 / 82] and Mt. 12:33-35 [118])
  2. The Two Sons (Mt. 21:28-32) [#277]
  3. The Parable of the Dietary Law or Unclean Food and Unclean People  Matthew 15:10-20; Mark 7:14-23 [#150]
  1. Physician, Heal Yourself (Lk. 4:23) [#32]

-subject of giving and a total commitment

  1. Dead Burying the Dead (Matt 8:22; Luke 9:60) [#89]
  2. The Tower-builder / Warring King (Lk. 14:28-32) [#217]
  3. The Narrow Gate (Mt. 7:13-14; Lk. 13:23-24 [#72 / 211]
  4. Two Masters: Conclusion (Lk. 16:13; Matt 6:24) to the Shrewd Steward (Lk. 16:1-9) [#222]

-subject of humility

  1. Seats at the Banqueting Table (Lk. 14:7-10) [#215]
  2. The Undeserving Servant (Lk. 17:7-10) [#232]

Also for Luke: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Lk. 18:9-14) [#237]

-subject of opposition or incompatible things

  1. Drinking old wine (Lk. 5:39) [#45 /94]

-subject of prayer (Luke adapts parables to prayer)

The Bold Neighbor instead of Friend at Midnight (Lk. 11:5-8) [#186]

The Persistent Widow (Lk. 18:1-8) [#236]

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Lk. 18:9-14) [#237]

Lack of Discipleship Parables (Not Bearing Fruit)

  1. Savorless Salt (Mk. 9:50a; Lk. 14:34-35) [#168 / 218] (community file)
  2. The Body’s Lamp (Mt. 6:22-23; Lk. 11:34-36) [#65 / 193]
  3. Children Playing in the Marketplace (Mt. 11:16-17; Lk. 7:31-32) [#107]
  4. Blind Leading the Blind (Mt. 15:14; Lk. 6:39-40) [#81 / 150]
  5. The Mote and Beam (Mt. 7:3-5; Lk. 6:41-42) [#68 / 81]
  6. Pearls before Swine (Mt. 7:6) [#69]

The Second Half of double-edged Parables (found with the first part of the parable)

  1. The Unforgiving Servant (Mt. 18:28-35) [#173] (mercy file)
  2. The Evil Eye of the Workers in the Vineyard (Mt. 20:9-16) [#256] (mercy file)
  3. The Missing Wedding Garment (Mt. 22:11-14) [#216 / 279] (reversal file)
  4. The Elder Brother Refuses to go in (Lk. 15:25-32) [#221] (lost file)
  5. The Rich Man’s Brothers and Lazarus (Lk. 16:27-31) [#228] (rich file)