The Parables of Jesus: Lessons in Life from the Master Teacher (Biblia.com)

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Jesus' use of figures of speech, proverbs, and stories shows the simplicity, depth of insight, and sublimity of thought that only a master teacher can express. But the parables of Jesus are more than just great literature. As the author observes, “It is often overlooked that the primary purpose of the parables was to instruct those to whom the parables were originally spoken.” In fact, almost...

of the teachers of the law and the Pharisees (5:20). And certainly seven times exceeded the demands of Pharisaism. Peter desired to know whether such forgiveness would be a demonstration of righteousness that satisfied Christ’s demands. THE SOLUTION In order to answer Peter’s question concerning the forgiveness that righteousness demands, Christ said that Peter should forgive “not seven times, but seventy-seven times” (Matt. 18:22). According to Jewish idiom “seventy-seven times” meant innumerable

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