
By Gillian Bethel
Why did Jesus tell so many stories? Let’s begin to find the answer by experiencing a parable ourselves:
“There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him. Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for
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“Jesus’ Rabbinic Teaching Style,” En-Gedi Resource Center, July 7, 2015.
“This is your brain on storytelling,” Forbes, July 21, 2017.
See the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1–10.
See Romans 2 and 3.
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Gillian Bethel is the associate editor of Last Generation.