Index of Illustrations (Parables)
Numbers indicate chapters.
birds and lilies 35
building a tower 84
camel through needle’s eye 96
children in marketplace 39
choosing most prominent place 83
cultivators kill owner’s son 106
denarius paid to workers 97
drachma found 85
dragnet 43
faithful and discreet slave 111
faithful steward 78
father’s willingness to give 35
fig tree 79
Fine Shepherd 80
fishers of men 22
foundation of house 35
grain of wheat dies, then produces 103
hen gathers her chicks 110
house built on rock 35
inviting the poor to a feast 83
king cancels a large debt 64
king considering battle 84
king’s marriage feast 107
leaven mixed in flour 43
leaven of the Pharisees 58
lost drachma 85
lost sheep 63
meal invitations declined 83
minas 100
murderous cultivators 106
mustard grain, faith 89
mustard grain, Kingdom 43
narrow gate 35
needle’s eye 96
neighborly Samaritan 73
new wine, old wineskins 28
pearl of high value 43
pearls before swine 35
persistent friend 74
prodigal son 86
putting hand to plow 65
rich man and Lazarus 88
rich man who built storehouses 77
salt of the earth 35
seeds on various soils 43
sewing new cloth on old garment 28
sheep and goats 114
slave coming in from field 89
slaves watching for master’s return 78
son who was lost 86
sower 43
sower who sleeps 43
strain out gnat, swallow camel 109
straw in brother’s eye 35
talents 113
tax collector and Pharisee 94
ten virgins 112
treasure hidden in field 43
true vine 120
two children sent to vineyard 106
two debtors 40
unclean spirit returns 42
unforgiving slave 64
unrighteous steward 87
wheat and weeds 43
widow and judge 94
workers in the vineyard 97
INDEX OF BOXES
“The Time Came for Purifying Them” 6
Joyful Trips 10
Who Were the Samaritans? 19
Demon Possession 23
Illustrations About Fasting 28
Teaching by Repetition 35
His Sweat Is as Drops of Blood 123
The Field of Blood 127
Scourging 129
“To the Stake” 132