"And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear’" (Luke 8:8). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one ...

There’s a well-known parable in Luke 15 that records the story of a prodigal son and his prodigal brother. This portion of Scripture not only teaches us a lot from the actions of those two boys, but ...

As my church worked our way through the Gospel of Luke this past year, we heard a lot of stories about money. Luke is full of warnings to the rich and comfort to the poor. At the very beginning of ...

We’re in Year C of the liturgical cycle, and that means the Gospel of Luke is the one we’ll hear most often at Sunday Masses this year. Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, ...

Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. His point is to show the fallacy of trusting in one’s ...

The chances are quite slim that any of you reading these words has never heard of the prodigal son. Some of you could locate the famous parable in Luke 15 or may know that it is the last of three lost ...

If you’ve spent much time reading about the life of Jesus in the Bible, you know that he often taught using parables. A parable is a way of teaching a spiritual lesson using a practical example. Jesus ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...