1. Seeing with Blind Eyes Hearing with Deaf Ears
Parables
Seeing with Blind Eyes
Hearing with Deaf Ears

2. Parables: Jesus’ Storytelling Ministry
The Primary Parable Accounts:
Matthew 13-25
Luke 8-19
Mark 4-12
Gospel of John does not have a specific mention of Jesus’ parables (but is rich in imagery)

3. Parables: Jesus’ Storytelling Ministry
The Parable Patterns
First Parable: Parable of the Sower
Final Parable: Parable of the Talents to

4. Parables: The Parable Patterns Opening Words:
Ears to hear and eyes to see
“For whoever has, to him more shall be given and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away

5. Parables: The Parable Patterns Closing Words:
“For to everyone who has, to him more shall be given and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away
Parables:

6. Famous Parables:
Goats and Sheep Two Debtors Forgiving King Lost coin, sheep and Son(s) Unrighteous Steward Rich Man & Lazarus