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Black• Explain the sequence of this picture,

identifying characters and events

In the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, the brothers figuratively

represent…?

•The Pharisees

• In the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Lazarus figuratively represents…?

The poor gentiles

• In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the word prodigal most

nearly means…

•Wasteful

•An allegory is…

• An allegory is a sustained comparison where many story elements correspond to some

reality outside the story

Who did your neighbor refer to in the ancient Jewish

world?

Your fellow Jew

• In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus informs the lawyer that his neighbor is…

•Not just his fellow Jew, but EVERYONE! EVEN YOUR ENEMY

In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, why are both the priest and the Levite worried about ritual purity?

If they touch blood, or corpse, they’d be considered “unclean” and unable to perform their job

Think back to the father’s reaction in the Prodigal Son,

when his son came home. List three things he does when his

son returns:

• Fine robe• Ring on his finger• Sandals on his feet• Kills the fattened calf

• Has a feast with friends and music

•Why does the father tell his elder son not to be upset, or jealous of his younger brother?

• He is still going to get his inheritance!

• His father has never had to worry about him!

• Be happy that your brother has simply returned home alive!

• In the Parable of the Sower, the thorny

ground represents…

• The Thorny Ground people who embrace the word, but

their love of wealth and worries about daily living

strangle their commitment

•According to the TED Talk we saw in class, how does spending money makes us happier?

•By spending it on others

According to Jesus, the Kingdom of God is found not only in heaven, but on earth

when…

There is justice, peace, & love

•At the start of the parable of the Prodigal Son, the younger son rudely asks his father for his ____________________.

• Inheritance

• In the Parable of the Sower, what do the Sower/Farmer

and the seeds represent allegorically?

• Sower/Farmer God; one who is teaching about God

• Seeds people!

In the Parable of the Sower, the seeds figuratively represent…?

The People hearing God’s Word

• In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the wounded

man is passed by a _______ and a _______

• In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the wounded

man is passed by a priest and a Levite

•According to Jesus, where is the Kingdom of God?

• According to Jesus, the Kingdom of God is here NOW! It refers to God’s active participation in life,

both in heaven and on earth

• In the Parable of the Rich Man, Jesus teaches that wealth can be evil when

…Competes with God

What is the irony in the Parable of the Good

Samaritan?

• The irony is that the priest and Levite, who are supposed to be

spiritual guiders and models, did not stop to aid the man. It was the

Samaritan, an dissociate and enemy of the man who helped him

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