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Our Lord's Parables

Parables	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	Lessons
I. Recorded in one Gospel
The tares	Gennesaret	xiii.	——	——	Good and evil in life and judgment.
The hid treasure	Gennesaret	xiii.	——	——	Value of Gospel.
The goodly pearl	Gennesaret	xiii.	——	——	Christian seeking salvation.
The draw net	Gennesaret	xiii.	——	——	Visible Church of Christ.
The unmerciful servant	Capernaum	xviii.	——	——	Danger of ingratitude.
The labourers in the vineyard	Jerusalem	xx.	——	——	Call at various epochs.
The two sons	Jerusalem	xxi.	——	——	Insincerity and repentance.
The marriage of the king's son	Mount of Olives	xxii.	——	——	Need of righteousness.
The ten virgins	Mount of Olives	xxv.	——	——	Watchful and careless profession.
The ten talents	Mount of Olives	xxv.	——	——	Use of advantages.
The sheep and goats	Mount of Olives	xxv.	——	——	Final separation of good and bad.
The seed growing secretly	Gennesaret	——	iv.	——	Gradual growth of religion.
The householder	Gennesaret	——	xiii.	——
The two debtors	Galilee	——	——	vii.	Gratitude for pardon.
The good Samaritan	Jerusalem	——	——	x.	Compassion to suffering.
The friend at midnight	Jerusalem	——	——	xi.	Perseverance in prayer.
The rich fool	Jerusalem	——	——	xii.	Worldly-mindedness.
The wedding feast	Jerusalem	——	——	xii.	Vigilance towards Second Advent.
The wise steward	Jerusalem	——	——	xii.	Conscientiousness in trust.
The barren fig tree	Jerusalem	——	——	xiii.	Unprofitableness under grace.
The great supper	Jerusalem	——	——	xiv.	Universality of Divine call.
The piece of money	Jerusalem	——	——	xv.	Joy over penitence.
The prodigal son	Jerusalem	——	——	xv.	Fatherly love to penitent son.
The unjust steward	Jerusalem	——	——	xvi.	Preparation for eternity.
The rich man and Lazarus	Jerusalem	——	——	xvi.	Recompense of future life.
The unprofitable servants	Jerusalem	——	——	xvii.	God's claim to all our service.
The unjust judge	Jerusalem	——	——	xviii.	Advantage of persevering prayer.
The Pharisee and publican	Jerusalem	——	——	xviii.	Self-righteousness and humility.
The pounds	Jerusalem	——	——	xix.	Diligence rewarded; sloth punished.
II. Recorded in two Gospels
House on rock and sand	Galilee	vii.	——	vi.	Consistent and false profession.
The leaven	Gennesaret	xiii.	——	xiii.	Pervading influence of religion.
The lost sheep	Jerusalem	xviii.	——	xv.	Joy over penitent.
III. Recorded in three Gospels
New cloth and old garment	Capernaum	ix.	ii.	v.	New doctrines on old prejudices.
New wine in old bottles	Capernaum	ix.	ii.	v.	New spirit in unregenerate heart.
The sower	Gennesaret	xiii.	iv.	viii.	Hearers divided into classes.
The mustard seed	Gennesaret	xiii.	iv.	xiii.	Spread of Gospel.
The wicked husbandmen	Jerusalem	xxi.	xii.	xx.	Rejections of Christ by Jews.
The fig tree and all the trees	Mount of Olives	xxiv.	xiii.	xxi.	Indications of Second Advent.

N.B.—These miracles and parables are grouped according to their record by the Evangelists; for their chronological position reference must be made to the “Harmony.”