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The parable of the children in the marketplace has one group of children proposing to their playmates that they play wedding and then that they play funeral just like:

The ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus, in that order
The ministries of Jesus and John the Baptist, in that order
The ministries of Elijah and Moses, respectively
The ministries of Peter and James, respectively

In the parable of the children in the marketplace, when Jesus is said to be a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and sinners,:

Both parts of the statement are true
Both parts of the statement are false
The first half is true and the second half an exaggeration
The first half is an exaggeration and the second half true

The parables of the kingdom show that God’s reign is more:

A realm than a reign
A power than a place
Loving than liberal
Compassionate than curmudgeonly

If the expression, least of these my brothers in the parable of the sheep and goat means what the key terms mean everywhere else in Matthew, then it refers to:

All needy people in the world
Needy Jews
Needy Christians
Needy Gentiles

The best interpretation of the sheep and the goats appears to be that it teaches:

Salvation by works
Salvation by grace
The works that flow from faith will help physically needy fellow Christians
The works that flow from faith will help physically needy enemies

The Gospel of Thomas contain parables attributed to Jesus that, when compared to their canonical parallels, are almost always:

Longer and more embellished
Shorter and less detailed
Older and more authentic
Complicated and more allegorical

The Gospel of Thomas represents an ancient philosophical way of thinking in which:

Jesus was definitely human but only seemed to be divine
Salvation came by works and not faith
Matter was inherently evil; only the immaterial could potentially be redeemed
There was no spiritual world; only the material world existed

The parables of Jesus teach that the kingdom:

Is entirely future
Arrived in its fullness with Christ’s life, death and resurrection
Is both present and future
Is found inside every human heart

If Christ is to be associated with any of the characters in Jesus’ parable it must be with the:

Good subordinate
Bad subordinate
Master
Single servant in a two-point parable

The ethical topic that Jesus teaches about more than any other, including in his parables, is:

Abortion
Homosexuality
The role of government in society
Money matters and stewardship

Unlocking the Parables of Jesus

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