It immediately follows the Parable of the Hidden Treasure, which has a similar theme and the parable has been depicted by artists such as Domenico Fetti.

This parable is generally interpreted as illustrating the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven ( pearls at that time had a greater value than they do today ), and thus has a similar theme to the Parable of the Hidden Treasure.

Parable of the Hidden Treasure by Rembrandt ( c. 1630 )

* Finding Is the First Act: Trove Folktales and Jesus ' Treasure Parable, 1979 ISBN 0-8006-1509-3

Rather than Jesus ' above-mentioned comments on the " poor you will always have with you ", here he tells his host the Parable of the Two Debtors.

* The Parable of the Monkeys, a bibliography with quotations

* The Parable of the Old Men and the Young: World War I poem by Wilfred Owen in which the sacrifice of the young men killed in the war is compared to the binding of Isaac, with the difference that in the poem, Abraham refuses to substitute the ram and proceeds to kill Isaac.

The Parable of the Old Man and the Young is a poem by Wilfred Owen which compares the ascent of Abraham to Mount Moriah and his near-sacrifice of Isaac there with the start of World War I.

It had first been published by Siegfried Sassoon in 1920 with the title The Parable of the Old Man and the Young, without the last line " And half the seed of Europe, one by one ".

The familiar Christian episodes are presented chronologically: the betrothal, and later marriage, of Mary and Joseph ; the Annunciation ; the Visitation ; the circumcision of John the Baptist ; the Nativity of Jesus ; the circumcision of Jesus ; the Census of Quirinius ; the Flight into Egypt and Slaughter of the Innocents ; the Finding in the Temple ; the Baptism of Jesus ; the woman caught in adultery ; Jesus helping Peter catch the fish ; the Parable of the Prodigal Son ( Luke 15: 11-32 ); a dialogue between Jesus and Barabbas ( non-biblical ); Matthew's dinner party ; the Sermon on the Mount ; debating with Joseph of Arimathea ; the curing of the blind man at the pool ; the Raising of Lazarus ( John 11: 43 ); the Feeding of the Five Thousand ; the Entry into Jerusalem ; Jesus and the money changers ; the Last Supper ; the

The dialect has many characteristics. For example, the dialect is very simple and guileless with strong generility and symbolic. If people in Liyang say something like " dessert " in pronunciation, they refer to the lunch or afternoon. In addition, the dialect is vivid and accurate, which makes the behavior and pesonalities more meticulous. Parable and exaggeration are always used in it that makes listener experience what people said more deeper. Another funny thing is that many people in other regions say the dialect in Liyang is similar to Japanese.

It is refined in the Parable of The Publican (), " God, have mercy on me, a sinner ", which shows more clearly its connection with the Jesus Prayer.

With Petra having established its radio bona fides and refocused its lyrical message, Star Song looked for a producer who could take the band's fourth album back to its hard rock roots, hiring Jonathan David Brown, who had successfully produced albums with radio hits by fellow Jesus Music bands Daniel Amos, Sweet Comfort Band and Parable.

The church contains a fresco by Frederick Leighton showing the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, with biblical characters said to be modelled on local people.

The centerpiece of the work is the Ring Parable ( German: Ringparabel ), narrated by Nathan when asked by Saladin which religion is true: An heirloom ring with the magical ability to render its owner pleasant in the eyes of God and mankind had been passed from father to the son he loved most.

The following poem begins with the imagery of the burning house and the three carts from the Parable of the Burning House found in The Lotus Sutra, then ends with typical Zen and Taoist imagery of freedom from conceptualizations.

The similar parable in, the Parable of the Minas, is generally similar, but differences include the inclusion of the motif of a king obtaining a kingdom, and the entrusting of the servants with equal amounts, measured in minas rather than talents ( 1 talent = 60 mina ).

On this day the Church commemorates the Parable of the Ten Virgins (), which forms one of the themes of the first three days of Holy Week, with its teaching about vigilance, and Christ as the Bridegroom.

Oh, of course, a Parable is a Heavenly story with an Earthly meaning!

The allegory describes the tale, similar to the Parable of the Pearl in the Gospel of Matthew, of a pearl merchant who is selling a pearl at a great price ( note — this text is not to be confused with the Mormon scripture The Pearl of Great Price ).

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The Parable of the Pearl ( also called the Pearl of Great Price ) is a parable of Jesus of Nazareth.

The brief Parable of the Pearl is as follows:

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The poet Pauline Stainer spent several years on the island, and in 1999 published a collection of her poems about Rousay, Parable Island.

Bach's Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, while mainly based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins, also uses words and imagery from Song of Songs.

The reading on the Sunday which concludes this week is the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee ().

( 1994 ) " The Rise and Fall of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a ' Parable on Populism '.

Klyne Snodgrass notes that saying 65 – 66 of Thomas containing the Parable of the Wicked Tenants appears to be dependent on the early harmonisation of Mark and Luke found in the old Syriac gospels.

This belief was popularized by Joseph Turner and was based on that key Millerite passage: — the Parable of the Ten Virgins.

In the Gospel of Luke ( 10: 25 – 37 ) Jesus tells the story of how a despised and heretical Samaritan ( see Parable of the Good Samaritan ) who ( out of compassion and conscience ) helps an injured stranger beside a road, qualifies better for eternal life by loving his neighbor, than a priest who passes by on the other side.

The name of the organization is based on the New Testament Parable of the Good Samaritan, in which Jesus uses a parable to teach people the second great commandment-how to " love thy neighbour as thyself ".

* Littlefield, Henry M., 1964, " The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism ," American quarterly, Vol.

Finally, a fair amount of controversy between communist and anti-communist Christians is focused on the many economic parables told by Jesus – including the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25: 14 – 30 ( a " talent " was a form of money ).

It is the third and final part of a cycle on redemption, following the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the Lost Coin.

" Gundulić's major works — the epic poem Osman, the pastoral play Dubravka, and the religious poem Tears of the Prodigal Son ( based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son ) are examples of Baroque stylistic richness and, frequently, rhetorical excess.

* Littlefield, Henry M. " The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism " American Quarterly Vol.

This piece, rather than being on futurist themes like Le pas d ' acier, was based on a Biblical story: L ’ enfant Prodigue ( Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Bible ).

Matthew has roughly the same story but not Luke or John, although Luke 13: 6-9 has Jesus relating a parable, The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, about a man not finding fruit on a fig tree.

The eleventh hour labourers, etching by Jan Luyken based on the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

Regardless of the understanding of the Serpent Seed based on the book of Genesis, many who believe in the doctrine hold that one of the most important evidences for the doctrine comes from Jesus unfolding the revelation the Parable of the Tares.