Note.—Each parable is designed to teach some one great and important truth. The first twelve in the list here given are intended to teach the following lessons, respectively: (1) Good and evil in life and judgment. (2) Value of the gospel. (3) Seeking salvation. (4) The visible church of Christ. (5) Truths new and old. (6) Duty of forgiving others. (7) Call at various epochs. (8) Insincerity and repentance. (9) Need of righteousness. (10) Watchful and careful profession. (11) Use of abilities. (12) Final separation of good and bad.
Christ's Parables
| Parables | Locality | Matt. | Mark | Luke |
| I. Recorded in only one Gospel | ||||
| The Tares | Gennesaret | 13:24-30 | ||
| The hid treasure | 13:44 | |||
| The goodly pearl | 13:45,46 | |||
| The draw-net | 13:47-50 | |||
| Householder and treasure | 13:52 | |||
| The unmerciful servant | Capernaum | 18:23-35 | ||
| Laborers in the vineyard | Jerusalem | 20:1-16 | ||
| The two sons | 21:28-32 | |||
| Marriage of the king's son | Mt. of Olives | 22:1-14 | ||
| The ten virgins | 25:1-13 | |||
| The ten talents | 25:14-30 | |||
| The sheep and goats | 25:31-46 | |||
| The seed growing secretly | Gennesaret | 4:26-29 | ||
| Householder and servants | 13:34-37 | |||
| The two debtors | Galilee | 7:40-47 | ||
| The good Samaritan | Jerusalem | 10:25-37 | ||
| The friend at midnight | 11:5-13 | |||
| The rich fool | 12:16-21 | |||
| The wedding-feast | 12:35-40 | |||
| The wise steward | 12:42-48 | |||
| The barren fig-tree | 13:6-9 | |||
| The seat to take | 14:7-11 | |||
| The great supper | 14:15-24 | |||
| Tower; king going to war | 14:28-33 | |||
| The piece of money | 15:8-10 | |||
| The prodigal son | 15:11-32 | |||
| The unjust steward | 16:1-12 | |||
| Rich man and Lazarus | 16:19-31 | |||
| The unprofitable servant | 17:7-10 | |||
| The importunate widow | 18:1-8 | |||
| Pharisee and publican | 18:9-14 | |||
| The pounds | 19:11-27 | |||
| II. Recorded in two Gospels | ||||
| House on rock and sand | Galilee | 7:24-27 | 6:47-49 | |
| The leaven in meal | Gennesaret | 13:33 | 13:20,21 | |
| The lost sheep | Jerusalem | 18:12-14 | 15:3-7 | |
| III. Recorded in three Gospels | ||||
| New cloth on old garment | Capernaum | 9:16 | 2:21 | 5:36 |
| New wine in old bottles | 9:17 | 2:22 | 5:37 | |
| The sower | Gennesaret | 13:3-9 | 4:3-9 | 8:4-15 |
| The mustard-seed | 13:31,32 | 4:30-32 | 13:18,19 | |
| The wicked husbandmen | Jerusalem | 21:33-43 | 12:1-9 | 20:9-16 |
| The fig-tree | Mt. of Olives | 24:32,33 | 13:28,29 | 21:29-31 |
Miracles Of Christ
Healing The Lunatic. "A man approved of God ... by miracles and wonders." Acts 2:22.
1. What testimony did the chief priests and Pharisees bear concerning Christ's work?
“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.” John 11:47.