Parables - NAS

1. New Cloth and New Wine.

Matthew 9:16-17 "But no one puts a patch of ______________ cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear ____________. [17] "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; ________________ the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are ________________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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2. Building on the Rock or the Sand.

Matthew 7:24-27 "________________ everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be ______________ to a wise man who built his house on the rock. [25] "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been ____________ on the rock. [26] "Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a ____________ man who built his house on the _______. [27] "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell -and _________ was its fall."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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3. The Two Debtors.

Luke 7:41-43 "A ___________________ had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. [42] "When they were unable to repay, he __________________ forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?" [43] Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have judged ________________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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4. The Unclean Spirit.

Matthew 12:43-45 "Now when the ____________ spirit goes out of a man, it passes through ________________ places ____________ rest, and does not find it. [44] "Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came '; and when it comes, it finds it __________________, swept, and put in order. [45] "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other ____________ more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil __________________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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5. The Sower.

Luke 8:4-15 When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were __________________ to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: [5] "The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was ______________ under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. [6] "Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no ______________. [7] "Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. [8] "Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and ______________ a crop a ____________ times as great." As He said these things, He would call out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." [9] His ________________ began ___________________ Him as to what this parable meant. [10] And He said, "To you it has been ____________ to know the ________________ of the ____________ of God, but to the rest it is in ______________, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND ____________ THEY MAY NOT __________________. [11] "Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. [12] "Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. [13] "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, ____________ the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of __________________ fall away. [14] "The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with ____________ and riches and ________________ of this life, and bring no fruit to ______________. [15] "But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with _____________________.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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6. Wheat and Tares.

Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus ________________ another parable to them, saying, "The ____________ of heaven may be ______________ to a man who sowed good seed in his field. [25] "But while his men were ______________, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. [26] "But when the wheat ______________ and bore grain, then the tares became ____________ also. [27] "The slaves of the ________________ came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' [28] "And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' [29] "But he said, 'No; for while you are ________________ up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. [30] 'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the ____________, "First gather up the tares and bind them in ____________ to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn."' "

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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7. The Growing Seed.

Mark 4:26-29 And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; [27] and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows -how, he ____________ does not know. [28] "The soil ______________ crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. [29] "But when the crop ____________, he ___________________ puts in the sickle, because the ____________ has come."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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8. The Mustard Seed.

Matthew 13:31-32 He ________________ another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; [32] and this is ____________ than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and ____________ a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR come and NEST IN ITS ______________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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9. Leaven.

Luke 13:20-21 And again He said, "To what shall I compare the ____________ of God? [21] "It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all ______________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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10. Hidden.

Matthew 13:44 "The ____________ of heaven is like a ______________ hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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11. Pearl of Great Price.

Matthew 13:45-46 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a ______________ seeking fine pearls, [46] and upon ____________ one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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12. Dragnet.

Matthew 13:47-50 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and ________________ fish of every kind; [48] and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and ______________ the good fish into __________________, but the bad they threw away. [49] "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the ________________, [50] and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and ______________ of teeth.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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13. New and Old Treasure.

Matthew 13:52 And Jesus said to them, "________________ every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a ________________, who brings out of his treasure things new and old."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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14. The Unforgiving Servant.

Matthew 18:23-35 "For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be ______________ to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. [24] "When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten ______________ talents was brought to him. [25] "But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord ________________ him to be sold, along with his wife and ______________ and all that he had, and ________________ to be made. [26] "So the slave fell to the ground and __________________ himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you __________________.' [27] "And the lord of that slave felt __________________ and ______________ him and forgave him the debt. [28] "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe.' [29] "So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you.' [30] "But he was ________________ and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed. [31] "So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply ____________ and came and ______________ to their lord all that had happened. [32] "Then ________________ him, his lord said to him, 'You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt ____________ you ____________ with me. [33] 'Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?' [34] "And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him. [35] "My ______________ Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not ____________ his ____________ from your heart."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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15. The Good Samaritan.

Luke 10:30-37 Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from ________________ to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they ______________ him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. [31] "And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. [32] "______________ a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. [33] "But a ________________, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt __________________, [34] and came to him and ______________ up his wounds, ____________ oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and ____________ him to an inn and took care of him. [35] "On the next day he took out two ____________ and gave them to the ________________ and said, 'Take care of him; and ______________ more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' [36] "Which of these three do you think proved to be a ______________ to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" [37] And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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16. The Persistent Friend.

Luke 11:5-15 Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at ______________ and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three __________; [6] for a friend of mine has come to me from a ____________, and I have nothing to set before him'; [7] and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not __________ me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I __________ get up and give you anything.' [8] "I tell you, even __________ he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his ___________________ he will get up and give him as much as he needs. [9] "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. [10] "For ______________ who asks, ______________; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who __________, it will be opened. [11] "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake ____________ of a fish, will he? [12] "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a ______________, will he? [13] "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy __________ to those who ask Him?" [14] And He was ____________ out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the __________ were __________. [15] But some of them said, "He casts out demons by ________________, the ruler of the demons."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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17. The Rich Fool.

Luke 12:16-21 And He told them a ____________, saying, "The land of a rich man was very __________________. [17] "And he began ________________ to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?' [18] "Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. [19] 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' [20] "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is ______________ of you; and now who will own what you have ______________?' [21] "So is the man who __________ up ______________ for himself, and is not rich __________ God."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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18. The Watchful Servants.

Luke 12:35-40 "Be dressed in ________________, and keep your lamps lit. [36] "Be like men who are waiting for their master when he ____________ from the ____________ feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. [37] "Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird ____________ to serve, and have them ____________ at the table, and will come up and wait on them. [38] "____________ he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. [39] "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have ____________ his house to be __________ into. [40] "You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not __________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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19. The Barren Fig Tree.

Luke 13:6-9 And He began telling this ____________: "A man had a fig tree which had been ____________ in his ______________; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. [7] "And he said to the ______________-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without ____________ any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?' [8] "And he ______________ and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in __________________; [9] and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.' "

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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20. Choosing the Best Place.

Luke 14:7-11 And He began ______________ a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, [8] "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more _______________________ than you may have been invited by him, [9] and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in ______________ you ____________ to occupy the last place. [10] "But when you are invited, go and ____________ at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher '; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you. [11] "For ______________ who exalts himself will be ____________, and he who ____________ himself will be ____________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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21. The Great Supper.

Luke 14:16-24 But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; [17] and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for __________________ is ready now.' [18] "But they all alike began to make ____________. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.' [19] "Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.' [20] "Another one said, 'I have ____________ a wife, and for that __________ I __________ come.' [21] "And the slave came back and ______________ this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the ____________ and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and ______________ and blind and lame.' [22] "And the slave said, 'Master, what you ________________ has been done, and still there is room.' [23] "And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the ______________ and along the __________, and __________ them to come in, so that my house may be __________. [24] 'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.' "

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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22. The Cost of Discipleship.

Luke 14:28-33 "For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and ________________ the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? [29] "Otherwise, when he has laid a __________________ and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ______________ him, [30] saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' [31] "Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and ______________ whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to ________________ the one coming against him with twenty thousand? [32] "Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a __________________ and asks for terms of peace. [33] "So then, none of you can be My ______________ who does not give up all his own ___________________.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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23. The Lost Sheep.

Luke 15:3-7 So He told them this parable, saying, [4] "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? [5] "When he has found it, he lays it on his ________________, ________________. [6] "And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his ________________, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' [7] "I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ____________ than over ninety-nine ________________ ____________ who need no __________________.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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24. The Lost Coin.

Luke 15:8-10 "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? [9] "When she has found it, she calls ______________ her friends and ________________, saying, '____________ with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!' [10] "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the ______________ of the angels of God over one sinner who ____________."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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25. The Lost / Prodigal Son.

Luke 15:11-32 And He said, "A man had two sons. [12] "The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' So he ____________ his wealth between them. [13] "And not many days later, the younger son ______________ everything together and went on a ____________ into a ____________ country, and there he __________________ his estate with loose living. [14] "Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine ______________ in that country, and he began to be impoverished. [15] "So he went and hired himself out to one of the ______________ of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. [16] "And he would have gladly filled his ____________ with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. [17] "But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my ______________ hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger! [18] 'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; [19] I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men."' [20] "So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt __________________ for him, and ran and ______________ him and kissed him. [21] "And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' [22] "But the father said to his slaves, '____________ bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and ____________ on his feet; [23] and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; [24] for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate. [25] "Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and __________________ the house, he heard music and ____________. [26] "And he ______________ one of the ______________ and began inquiring what these __________ could be. [27] "And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf ____________ he has ______________ him back safe and sound.' [28] "But he __________ angry and was not ____________ to go in; and his father came out and began ______________ with him. [29] "But he ______________ and said to his father, 'Look! For so many years I have been ____________ you and I have never ________________ a ____________ of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my ____________; [30] but when this son of yours came, who has ______________ your wealth with ___________________, you killed the fattened calf for him.' [31] "And he said to him, 'Son, you have __________ been with me, and all that is mine is yours. [32] 'But we had to celebrate and ____________, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.' "

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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26. The Unjust Steward.

Luke 16:1-13 Now He was also saying to the ________________, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was ______________ to him as ___________________ his ___________________. [2] "And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' [3] "The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. [4] 'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.' [5] "And he ______________ each one of his ______________ debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' [6] "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' [7] "Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' [8] "And his master ____________ the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in ______________ to their own kind than the sons of light. [9] "And I say to you, make ____________ for __________________ by means of the wealth of ___________________________, so that when it fails, they will ____________ you into the ____________ ________________. [10] "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. [11] "________________ if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will ____________ the true riches to you? [12] "And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is ________________, who will give you that which is your own? [13] "No ____________ can serve two ____________; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be ____________ to one and ____________ the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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27. The Rich Man and Lazarus.

Luke 16:19-31 "Now there was a rich man, and he __________________ ____________ in purple and fine linen, ______________ living in ______________ every day. [20] "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, [21] and ____________ to be fed with the crumbs which were ____________ from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and ____________ his sores. [22] "Now the poor man died and was ____________ away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. [23] "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. [24] "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' [25] "But Abraham said, 'Child, ______________ that __________ your life you ______________ your good things, and ______________ Lazarus bad things; but now he is being ________________ here, and you are in agony. [26] 'And besides all this, ____________ us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.' [27] "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my ______________ house - [28] for I have five ______________ -in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' [29] "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' [30] "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will __________!' [31] "But he said to him, 'If they do not __________ to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be ________________ even if someone rises from the dead.' "

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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28. The Unprofitable Servants.

Luke 17:7-10 "Which of you, having a slave plowing or ____________ sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat'? [8] "But will he not say to him, '____________ something for me to eat, and ______________ clothe ______________ and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink '? [9] "He does not thank the slave ____________ he did the things which were commanded, does he? [10] "So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are ______________ slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.' "

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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29. The Widow and the Unjust Judge.

Luke 18:1-8 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, [2] saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. [3] "There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my ______________.' [4] "For a while he was ________________; but afterward he said to ____________, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, [5] yet ____________ this widow ____________ me, I will give her legal protection, ________________ by ___________________ coming she will wear me out.' " [6] And the Lord said, "Hear what the ___________________ judge said; [7] now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? [8] "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them ____________. ____________, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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30. The Pharisee and the Tax Collector.

Luke 18:9-14 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were ________________, and viewed others with ______________: [10] "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. [11] "The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: ________________, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. [12] 'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' [13] "But the tax collector, ______________ some ______________ away, was even ________________ to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be ______________ to me, the sinner!' [14] "I tell you, this man went to his house ________________ rather than the other; for ______________ who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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31. The Laborers in the Vineyard.

Matthew 20:1-16 "For the ____________ of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the ____________ to hire laborers for his vineyard. [2] "When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. [3] "And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the __________ place; [4] and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And so they went. [5] "Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. [6] "And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?' [7] "They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.' [8] "When ____________ came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, ________________ with the last group to the first.' [9] "When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius. [10] "When those hired first came, they ____________ that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. [11] "When they received it, they ______________ at the landowner, [12] __________, 'These last men have __________ only one hour, and you have made them _________ to us who have _________ the __________ and the ________________ heat of the day.' [13] "But he ______________ and said to one of them, '__________, I am doing you no _________; did you not agree with me for a denarius? [14] 'Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. [15] 'Is it not __________ for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye ____________ because I am ______________?' [16] "So the last _________ be first, and the first last."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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32. The Minas.

Luke 19:11-27 While they were ________________ to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near ________________, and they ______________ that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. [12] So He said, "A ______________ went to a distant ____________ to ____________ a kingdom for himself, and then return. [13] "And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.' [14] "But his ______________ hated him and sent a __________________ after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' [15] "When he ______________, after ________________ the kingdom, he ____________ that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done. [16] "The first ______________, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.' [17] "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been ______________ in a very little thing, you are to be in ________________ over ten cities.' [18] "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.' [19] "And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.' [20] "Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a _____________________; [21] for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.' [22] "He said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you ________________ slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and ____________ what I did not sow? [23] 'Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have ________________ it with interest?' [24] "Then he said to the __________________, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.' [25] "And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas ____________.' [26] "I tell you that to ______________ who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. [27] "But these ____________ of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my ______________."

A minas is equal to 1/60th of a talent.

What does this parable teach? ________________________________________________________.

33. Two Sons.

Matthew 21:28-32 "But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the ______________.' [29] "And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he ________________ it and went. [30] "The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir '; but he did not go. [31] "Which of the two did the will of his __________?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the ____________ of God __________ you. [32] "For John came to you in the way of _______________________ and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, __________ this, did not even feel ____________ afterward so as to believe him.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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34. The Wicked Vine Dressers.

Matthew 21:33-46 "Listen to another parable. There was a ________________ who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. [34] "When the harvest time __________________, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. [35] "The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third. [36] "Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. [37] "But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' [38] "But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among __________________, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.' [39] "They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. [40] "Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?" [41] They said to Him, "He will bring those ______________ to a ______________ end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the ______________ at the proper seasons." [42] Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the __________________, 'THE STONE WHICH THE ______________ ______________, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS ________________ IN OUR EYES '? [43] "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, ________________ the fruit of it. [44] "And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on ______________ it falls, it will scatter him like dust." [45] When the chief priests and the ________________ heard His ______________, they __________________ that He was ______________ about them. [46] When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, ____________ they __________________ Him to be a ____________.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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35. The Wedding Feast.

Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, [2] "The kingdom of heaven may be ______________ to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. [3] "And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were ________________ to come. [4] "Again he sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have ______________ my dinner; my oxen and my ______________ ________________ are all butchered and __________________ is ready; come to the wedding feast."' [5] "But they paid no ________________ and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his ______________, [6] and the rest seized his slaves and __________________ them and killed them. [7] "But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and ________________ those ________________ and set their city on fire. [8] "Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. [9] 'Go therefore to the main ______________, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.' [10] "Those slaves went out into the streets and ______________ together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. [11] "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, [12] and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was __________________. [13] "Then the king said to the ______________, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer ______________; in that place there will be weeping and ______________ of teeth.' [14] "For many are called, but few are chosen."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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36. Two Servants.

Matthew 24:45-51 "Who then is the ______________ and ______________ slave whom his master put in charge of his ________________ to give them their food at the proper time? [46] "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. [47] "Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his ___________________. [48] "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' [49] and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with ________________; [50] the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, [51] and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the __________________; in that place there will be ____________ and ______________ of teeth.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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37. Ten Virgins.

Matthew 25:1-13 "Then the ____________ of heaven will be __________________ to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. [2] "Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. [3] "For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, [4] but the prudent took oil in __________ along with their lamps. [5] "Now while the bridegroom was ______________, they all got __________ and began to sleep. [6] "But at ______________ there was a shout, '__________, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' [7] "Then all those virgins rose and ____________ their lamps. [8] "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' [9] "But the prudent answered, 'No, there will not be __________ for us and you too; go instead to the ____________ and buy some for __________________.' [10] "And while they were going away to make the ______________, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the ____________ feast; and the door was shut. [11] "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.' [12] "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.' [13] "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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38. The Talents.

Matthew 25:14-30 "For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his ___________________ to them. [15] "To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each ________________ to his own ability; and he went on his journey. [16] "Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and __________ with them, and gained five more talents. [17] "In the same __________ the one who had received the two talents gained two more. [18] "But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. [19] "Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and ____________ ______________ with them. [20] "The one who had received the five talents came up and ____________ five more talents, __________, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.' [21] "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' [22] "Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more talents.' [23] "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' [24] "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. [25] 'And I was __________, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.' [26] "But his master ______________ and said to him, 'You __________, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed. [27] 'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my ____________ I _________ have received my money back with interest. [28] 'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.' [29] "For to ______________ who has, more shall be _________, and he will have an ________________; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be _________ away. [30] "_________ out the ________________ slave into the _________ ______________; in that _________ there will be ____________ and ______________ of _________.

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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39. The Sheep and the Goats.

Matthew 25:31-46 "But when the Son of Man comes in His _________, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His ______________ __________. [32] "All the ____________ will be ______________ __________ Him; and He will ______________ them from one ____________, as the ______________ ______________s the sheep from the goats; [33] and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. [34] "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are ____________ of My __________, inherit the ____________ prepared for you from the __________________ of the _________. [35] 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; [36] naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' [37] "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? [38] 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? [39] 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' [40] "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these ______________ of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' [41] "Then He will also say to those on His left, '__________ from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire _________ has been prepared for the _________ and his angels; [42] for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; [43] I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' [44] "Then they __________________ also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take _______ of You?' [45] "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' [46] "These will go _______ into eternal __________________, but the righteous into eternal _______."

What can be learned from this? ____________________________

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