Why did Jesus speak in parables?

Question

If there are any fragments in the Bible that explain that, could you tell me where they are?

Also, if you have a favorite parable, could you explain it?

Answer 1

Thye disciples asked this question. Jesus told them so that those who were willing could understand the truth better while those who were not would remain ignorant. Some of the parables are obvious examples that would illustrate the concepts for people at the time(the shepherd looking for his sheep, the woman searching for the missing coin), others were essentialy a code for those who were open to the interpretation. Those who were not open would dismiss the stories as meaningless, while those who were open would be given a deeper understanding.

Answer 2

One of the reasons for the Parables of Jesus is that those who came 100 years later and started to record the hand me down versions of what Jesus was supposed to be saying is folk law at its best.

Don't get me wrong and jump to conclusions as this has been the only method they used in ancient times. There are other writings in Coptic recorded on clay fired tablets that have survived from the Crescent of Fire era long before Jesus explaining Noeh's flood.

We have all learnt to recite a poem or two. This is the way that they used to tell stories as most of the lower classes could not read or wright.

Most of the scribes were part of the Pharisees who held the height of power within the Jewish faith.

Most of the meanings what should have been included were discarded by the newly formed Catholic Church around 350 to 400 AD. At least 30 were discarded on the face of being repetitive.

However we know different these days as evidence has established that there may have been some editing and changing of the texts.

The Dead Sea Scrolls and other recently discovered texts and gospels that differ from what is in the King James version of events sheds new life into what is recorded in the Bible.

Jesus showed more favourite attention to Mary Magdalene than the rest of the disciples and that Mary Mag was to be the new leader not Peter.

Answer 3

A very good question, thank you.You see, in my first coming I didn't speak in parables at all. I clearly said "speak clearly and in a manner which everyone can easily understand". But as you would probably know I didn't have the time to write it myself, nor any of the other Book bringing prophets. The wise and good people around compiled them into written forms later on. Anyway it is full of mistakes and not original. So just follow your heart. Teach your brains to follow your hearts and you will know the difference and the world will notice the difference. Peace be with you, and mind you, not much time left for final chance to see what is, and has always been in your heart of hearts.

Answer 4

WHY USE PARABLES???

A parable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. It differs from a fable in excluding animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of humankind.

A parable is the simplest of narratives. It sketches a setting, and describes an action and its results. It often involves a character facing a moral dilemma, or making a questionable decision and then suffering the consequences of that choice. Many folktales could be viewed as extended parables.


MY FAVEORITE PARABLE: THE PRODIGAL SON

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells the story of a man has two sons. The younger demands his share of his inheritance while his father is still living, and goes off to a distant country where he "waste[s] his substance with riotous living", and eventually has to take work as a Swineherd. There he comes to his senses, and determines to return home and throw himself on his father's mercy. But when he returns home, his father greets him with open arms, and hardly gives him a chance to express his repentance; he kills a "fatted calf" to celebrate his return. The older brother becomes angry, apparently jealous at the favored treatment of his faithless brother and upset at the lack of reward for his own faithfulness. But the father responds:

Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. (Luke 15:32, KJV)

Answer 5

The human ego does not like to be talked to and told what to do. As you know if you try to change a persons opinion they get defensive and clam up or get angry. Parables are a way of getting to the point without involving the ego directly, thus letting the message "sink in".

Answer 6

he spoke in parables because only certain people would understand.They were the ones destined to be saved.That way ,he wasn't "Casting his pearls before swine".
Geez,I'd be here all day explaining my favorite but it is the Parable of the Landowner who planted a vineyard ,rented it out,and went away for a longtime.The other is "Lazarus and the Rich man" but i don't really call that a parable because Jesus names the guy.I think it is a true story he was relating.Something that happened before He took on a human form.

Answer 7

Parables are/were analogs of the times, where people could extract a clear message about moral conduct.

I don't know why, but the one where the father gives his 3 sons their inheritences early and they all do something different with it. One like buys a farm or something, one invests his (and they both make more money) while the third buries it so he doesn't lose it. And the father is furious with this third son for doing so.

Answer 8

i will't furnish Scripture as to why Jesus spoke in parables altough Matthew 13:10-11 can provide some valuable perception into it. i will in basic terms furnish the conjecture that He did so as a fashion to make Christianity basic and elementary to comprehend. remember, till Christ died, anybody replaced into nonetheless subject unto the regulation, making Christianity a different thought for salvation. Christ needed it comfortably understood so as that specific aspects of it does not be misinterpreted.

Answer 9

Parables were just a story to give an example of the thing he was teaching at the time.
People often make up examples of ideas or happenings to better explain the idea they are trying to get across.
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Answer 10

Because they are more timeless than any other verbiage and less likely to be twisted by men.

Think about the way a story was written in the 1900's, read an old English novel, you cannot hardly understand it!

That is after only 100 years, the teachings of Jesus need to last until the end of time, at least 2007 years!

Good Question.