Parables

Relationships Money Integrity Faith Repentance Prayer Sacrifice Discipleship Corruption

Relationships

Mercy, forgiveness, and neighbour-love shown through self-examination, costly care, and restored relationship.

Neighbour-love crosses boundaries and pays the cost.

Luke 10:25-37

Heaven rejoices over one sinner who repents.

Matthew 18:12-14 Luke 15:3-7

Return, embrace, and the older brother's resentment.

Luke 15:11-32

Money

Wealth and stewardship tested through trust, accountability, generosity, and the exposure of false security.

Bigger barns cannot secure life.

Luke 12:16-21

Wealth can numb mercy; death reveals truth.

Luke 16:19-31

Faithful stewardship is rewarded; buried trust is condemned.

Matthew 25:14-30

Integrity

Hearing and doing aligned as hidden truth is revealed and lives are tested by what they produce.

Hearing is not enough; doing is the foundation.

Matthew 7:24-27 Luke 6:46-49

Light is meant to be seen; hiddenness is temporary.

Mark 4:21-25 Luke 8:16-18 Luke 11:33-36

The kingdom contains mixture until final separation.

Matthew 13:24-30 Matthew 13:36-43

Faith

Trust that endures delay, remaining watchful, patient, and ready for sudden return.

Stay ready: blessed are those awake when the master arrives.

Luke 12:35-38

From small beginnings to surprising reach.

Matthew 13:31-32 Mark 4:30-32 Luke 13:18-19

Quiet influence that permeates the whole.

Matthew 13:33 Luke 13:20-21

Unexpectedness demands watchfulness.

Matthew 24:42-44 Luke 12:39-40

Delay exposes character; accountability is real.

Matthew 24:45-51 Luke 12:42-48

Preparation cannot be borrowed at the last hour.

Matthew 25:1-13

Repentance

Entering God’s reign through responsive hearing, changed direction, and lives that bear fruit.

One word, four soils: reception determines fruit.

Matthew 13:1-23 Mark 4:1-20 Luke 8:4-15

Excuses reveal hearts; the poor and outsiders are brought in.

Luke 14:15-24

Final separation reveals whether mercy was real.

Matthew 25:31-46

Prayer

Prayer shaped by persistence and humility, trusting the Father rather than performing for others.

Bold persistence in asking.

Luke 11:5-8

Do not faint: perseverance in prayer amid delay.

Luke 18:1-8

Self-justification versus humble pleading.

Luke 18:9-14

Sacrifice

Decisive surrender made gladly when true value is recognised and counted worth the cost.

Joyful surrender when true value is seen.

Matthew 13:44

Single-minded pursuit of the kingdom's worth.

Matthew 13:45-46

Count the cost before you start.

Luke 14:28-33

Discipleship

Formation of followers shaped by humility, obedience, and learning to live under a new way.

The new cannot be forced into old forms without loss.

Matthew 9:16-17 Mark 2:21-22 Luke 5:36-39

Do not grasp status; let honour be given.

Luke 14:7-14

Obedience is duty, not leverage.

Luke 17:7-10

Corruption

Refusal and hypocrisy exposed as spiritual danger when God’s authority is resisted and rejected.

A warning about unqualified guides and imitation.

Matthew 15:14 Luke 6:39-40

Rejected servants, rejected son, and judgement on unfaithful keepers.

Matthew 21:33-46 Mark 12:1-12 Luke 20:9-19

Invitation refused, outsiders gathered, unprepared exposed.

Matthew 22:1-14