A look at The Parables of Jesus through the work of Paula Gooder.
Part 1: The Land and all that lives on it.
1: Weeds and wheat, sowing and growing.
Introduction
The seed and the soil – (The sower)
The wheat and the weeds – (The tares)
The growing seed
The mustard seed
2: On vines, vineyards and fruit trees.
Good and bad fruit
The fruitful fig tree – (The lesion of the fig tree)
The fig tree that hasn’t fruited…Yet – (The barren fig tree)
The vine and the branches
The tenants in the vineyard – (The wicked tenants)
The worker in the vineyard – (The labourers in the vineyard)
3: Fishing
The fishing net
4: Shepherds, Sheep and Goats.
The sheep, the gate and the good shepherd
The lost sheep
The sheep and the goats
Part 2: Houses and Their Occupants.
5: Everyday objects.
A new patch on an old coat: new wine in an old wineskin
Salt – Salt of the earth
Lamp on a lampstand – (Lamp under a bushel)
I am the light of the world
Yeast
What contaminates you – (Things that defile)
I am the bread of life
The lost coin
6: Buildings and their owners.
Two Builder – (The wise and foolish builder)
A house swept clean – (The return of the unclean spirit )
Treasures new and old
A narrow gate/door
House owners and burglars
7: Families
The lost son – (The Prodigal Son)
The two sons
8: Slaves and their masters.
Watchful slaves (1)
Watchful slaves (2)
Reliable and wicked slaves – (The faithful or unfaithful slaves)
On doing what you should
The compassionate king and the unmerciful slave – (The unmerciful slave)
The shrewd manger – (The dishonest manger)
Serving two masters
The three/ten slaves – (The talents)
9: Weddings and banquets
Fasting with the bridegroom
The highest and lowest seats at the feast
An invitation to a banquet
The ten young woman
Part 3: Money – Having it and Lacking it.
10: Money: Having it.
Bigger barns
Camels and eyes of needles
The rich man and Lazarus
11: Money: Lacking it.
A moneylender who forgives debts
Hidden treasure
The valuable pearl
A friend in need
The persistent widow
Part 4: Odds and Ends
12: Parables that don’t fit easily elsewhere
A woman in labour
Specks, planks and the blind
Children in the town centre
On building a tower or going into battle
The neighbourly Samaritan
The Pharisee and the tax collector
