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This volume presents a fresh look at the meaning of Jesus' parables for Christian living today through a collection of essays by some of the top contemporary biblical scholars. The parables recorded in the Gospels are central for an understanding of Jesus and his ministry. Yet the parables are more than simple stories; they present a number of obstacles to contemporary readers hoping to fully...

in other parables (notably Luke 11:5–8; 18:2–5), where an unattractive human trait is used to illustrate the character of God, we need not assume a simple allegorical equivalence. The message is not that God is a “rapacious capitalist” (F. W. Beare, Matthew, 486), but that he is not satisfied with inaction. To play it safe and keep one’s slate clean is not enough. God looks for more than “a religion concerned only with not doing anything wrong” (E. Schweizer, Matthew, 473). Discipleship in the kingdom
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