Parables

To say that the Jewish and Samaritan people didn't like each other would be putting it mildly. Therefore, having the "hero" of the parable be a Samaritan was quite a shock. In addition, note that the priest (who should have been a "good guy") didn't offer to help the injured man at all - same for the others who "passed him buy".

Parables are, by their nature, fiction. Jesus is thought to have told many parables in order to teach the moral truths behind the parables, not because the parables were literally true. A second element of fiction is identified when we realise that it is unlikely that Jesus actually spoke these parables, and that most or all of them were created by writers long after his death so as to give substance to Jesus' teachings. This is as true of the parable of the Prodigal Son as of other New Testament parables.

Yes..

and it shows His immense love for us as well... Sheep are not very smart animals. they are among the dumbest animals who , often ,need the most care,,

Yet, he compares us to sheep. He is willing to do an *immense* amount for us.

Sheep like to go where the pasture looks the greenest - even if they are going to get stuck or roll over by accident.. He will take care of us. He will help us get back on track if we allow Him to help us.

He cares for us with the extreme love and care and regard of a good shepard.

Yes the Gospel of John, which is essentially just a narrative of Jesus' life, uses parables.

Actually, in the first three gospels Jesus uses many parables, ye tthere are much fewer parables in the gospel of John. Furthermore, in the first three gospels, Jesus makes short simple statements that almost everyone can understand. In John he talks differently, and gives long speeches that are unfamiliar to the other gospels. There are lots of things that make the gospel of John different than the other three, these are just two.

How should I know answers. com doesn't mean it knows everything.

The parable is a story it did not actually happen.

Maybe Jesus was somewhere in Judea when He told the story Luke chapter 10 because later on in the chapter He is in Bethany, but we cannot be sure about that.

concerning the Levite and the priest:

Isa 58:7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Isa 58:10 If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.

Pro 31:20 She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy.

These verses (above) show the way God wanted His people to act.

Other verses:

Luk 10:27 So he answered and said, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND,' and 'YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'"

1Co_13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Gal_5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

Because you do not state what three sins have been committed, neither do you state whether the individuals are male or female. If the sin committed affects only the individuals then the community may not be affected, but the sins may be committed against the community which can either have serious affects or again none at all. Those who are affected most are those who commit the sins for it is they who must answer for them. The sins will have little or no affect on a loosely fit community, but on a tight knit one they may have dire consequences.

No the prodigal son was not a real person, he was used by Jesus in the parable of the prodigal son

The prodigal son has influenced christians over the years , as we know that god the father is always waiting to receive a sinner with opened hands. No matter how nuch we were sinners and stank. No need as the sons father did first hugged him, and then told him to have a bath, we to are welcome just as we are.

It also shows us a lot about the people who play the part of the older brother. The ones who never left and came back, and feel they deserve more. The ones who think that their lesser mingling and embracing of those 'neon' sins make them better.

I am not sure about the meaning but the painting depicts the youngest son who has returned home in a wretched state from travels in which he has wasted his inheritance and fallen into poverty and despair. He kneels before his father in repentance, asking for forgiveness, having realized that even his father's servants had a better station in life than he. His father receives him with a tender gesture. Standing at the right is the prodigal son's older brother, who crosses his hands in judgment; in the parable he objects to the father's compassion for the sinful son.

The Samaritans occupied Samaria, the area formerly known as the Kingdom of Israel. They would have been of mixed Israelite and Arab descent, since the Assyrians had transferred large number of Arabs and others to Samaria after the overthrow of Israel. The Samaritans accepted the Torah (Pentateuch) but would have nothing to do with the later books of the Jewish Bible, nor with any of the new religious practices brought back from Babylon.

Ill feeling probably began when the returned exiles refused to let the people who had remained behind in Samaria help with building the second temple, saying "You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our Lord" (Ezra 4:3). Isaiah (chapter 28) condemned the 'scornful' people of Ephraim, a name sometimes used for the northern kingdom. Later, under the Maccabees, Judah invaded Samaria and Galilee. It is likely that the Maccabean invasion, less than 200 years before the time of Jesus, left some residual ill-feeling on the part of the Samaritans.

That parable is known as "The Talents" and was taught at the house of Zaccheus. The lesson being taught is we are in training for a larger service in a realm yet to be , and that our place and standing there will depend on the faithfulness of our stewardship here (Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27).

The lost son represents the repentant sinner and the older son is the scribes and pharisees

"The older son is an eloquent picture of the scribes and Pharisees. They resented God's showing mercy to outrageous sinners. To their way of thinking, if not to God's, they had served Him faithfully, had never transgressed His commandments, and yet had never been properly rewarded for all of this. The truth of the matter was that they were religious hypocrites and guilty sinners. Their pride blinded them to their distance from God, and to the fact that He had lavished blessing after blessing upon them. If they had only been willing to repent and to acknowledge their sins, then the Father's heart would have been gladdened and they too would have been the cause of great celebration." - The Believers Bible Commentary

The prodigal himself is fully restored to his father's household, but the jealousy displayed by his older brother is left unresolved. The parable ends with the father telling the older son that "it was right" to be glad and make merry over the restoration of his errant younger brother. (This "jealousy element" of the parable makes it clear that the older brother represents the Jews, while the younger brother represents the Gentiles. The parable is found only in Luke 15:11-31.)

it teaches them how we should forgive sinners.If you've read the prodigal son properly and understood the message you'll see that although that the son sinned the father forgave him that is the message it shows to Christians.It is also showing the affects of jealousy and how the older son felt when he did all the hard work and the father gave his son a feast for returning home.

The phrase, 'orient the reader,' typically means 'give direction or explanation to the person reading.' Thus, when beginning an essay or a paper, one may 'orient the reader' by providing a clear statement of purpose along with a brief preview of the argument or research-results that the rest of one's writing will be offering.

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No. Nephilim are part of the Jewish religion, which does not recognise Ram, while Hinduism does not recognise the existence of the Jewish nephilim. Ram is simply a god in the Hindu pantheon.

they are status symbols, representative of his place and belonging in the house of his father. A lot of preachers like to add individual meanings to each items, like the coat being protection and the shoes being something or other, but that's pretty much a load of nonsense. It makes for colorful preaching though.

adjective 1 having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute : she was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture | a shrewd career move. 2 archaic (esp. of weather) piercingly cold : a shrewd east wind. • (of a blow) severe : a bayonet's shrewd thrust. • mischievous; malicious.

Fed pigs/ swinherd

the characteristics of the father are caring inviting welcoming loving responsible fair