ILLUSTRATIONS
(See also Prophetic Patterns)
discussion: ad 813-820
Ezekiel’s use: ad 553
figures of speech in the Bible: w84 6/1 18-19
Jesus’ use: w84 11/1 12; km 1/84 7; w76 357-359; w74 429-430; w73 17-18; ad 931; w67 174, 177; qm 360-361; g67 11/22 3-4; w65 467-468; g64 3/8 27; g63 10/22 6; w62 524-525; w60 201-202; w58 536-538; w57 21; w55 169-172; w53 382-383, 455; w47 228; w46 243; w43 323-324
number of parables: w75 589
purpose of parables: w75 593-594
meaning of term: ad 813; w67 181; w43 323; g35 1/2 219; w33 267
teaching Bible truths by pictograph: yb78 52-53, 57
teaching with: w84 11/1 12; km 1/84 7; g75 1/8 11-12; g74 1/8 25; g74 12/22 15; km 11/74 4; ad 813-814; w69 148-149
use in public talks: g62 3/8 22-23; w61 122-123
value:
in counseling others: w77 721
modern application: w74 429-430
Bible Illustrations
choosing prominent places (Lu 14:7-11): w71 199-200; te 103-105
drachma coin (Lu 15:8-10): ad 817, 1234; w63 421
dragnet (Mt 13:47-50): kc 103-104; w75 593-594, 596, 599-601; ad 816; w67 684-687, 693-694; km 9/67 4, 6; im 317-318
eagles and trees (Eze 17): w77 453-455; g65 12/22 5-8
faithful steward (Lu 12:42, 44): w81 10/1 19-31
appointed “over all his belongings”: w81 10/1 22-24
“body of attendants”: w81 10/1 20-21, 28-29
identified: w81 10/1 22, 27
fig tree (Lu 13:6-9): w83 8/15 19-20; w79 9/15 16-18
fine shepherd (Joh 10:1-16): w84 2/15 10-20; w80 7/15 17-28; g64 12/22 28-29; w58 178-181; w46 151-158
calls his own sheep by name: w84 2/15 11-12
discussion: su 70-73; w80 7/15 17-28
doorkeeper: w84 2/15 11-14; su 71-72; w80 7/15 18-20, 26, 28
door of the sheep: w84 2/15 13-15; su 72; w80 7/15 21, 26
one flock: w82 12/15 18-20; w80 7/15 28
other sheep: w84 2/15 15-20; w81 5/1 25-27; w80 7/15 22-28; g64 12/22 28-29
sheepfolds: w84 2/15 11-20, 31
this fold: w84 2/15 10-20
voice: w80 7/15 20-21
grand evening meal (Lu 14:16-24): w78 9/1 28; w74 695; w72 214-215; ad 817; g69 9/22 27-28; w68 137; w61 127
house built on rock-mass (Mt 7:24): w78 12/15 12-13; w69 137; w64 275-276; g64 4/22 24; g63 7/8 5-6
Jotham’s parable of trees (Jg 9:8-15): w79 9/15 16; w78 12/15 16-17; w77 647; w35 83-90, 99-108
king that canceled large debt (Mt 18:23-35): g81 4/22 24-25; w72 550-551; w71 102-103; te 63-66; w65 304-305; w63 115
laborers hired to work in vineyard (Mt 20:1-16): ad 818; w67 43-56, 286; w66 629; g65 5/22 28; w52 287; w43 347; w39 71; w38 53; w37 70; w36 332; w33 339-345, 355-361
leaven hidden in flour (Lu 13:20, 21): kc 101; w75 589-592, 597, 601-604; sl 209-214
lost sheep (Mt 18:12-14): w78 2/15 5; km 11/77 1, 7; km 12/75 7; ad 817; te 115-116; w67 150; w63 421
man casting the seed (Mr 4:26-29): kc 98-99; w50 492
discussion: w80 6/15 11-22
harvest: w80 6/15 21-22
man: w80 6/15 13-22
seeds: w80 6/15 15-18
soil: w80 6/15 17-22
marriage feast (Mt 22:2-14):
bride: w74 686-687, 690, 700
discussion: w74 685-688, 690-700; w58 461-464; w44 291-297
few chosen: w75 108; w75 286; w74 636; w74 698-699
king: w74 686-687
man without marriage garment: w74 636; w74 696-699
marriage garment: w74 696-699; jp 20
those first invited: w74 636; w74 687-688, 690, 694-695
those from roads outside: w74 695
two notifications to come: w74 636; w74 691-693
when first invited: w74 636; w74 688
minas (Lu 19:11-27): w73 633-634; w73 710-715, 717-721; ka 213-216; ad 818; yl 187-188, 191; w66 607; w65 462; w64 238-241, 754; w62 275-276, 336-337; w61 463-464; w56 689-690; w47 198; w43 44-46; w33 268; v-3 124
citizens oppose kingship for man of noble birth: kc 110-111
distant land: w74 61
man of noble birth: w74 61
purpose: w74 541
ten minas: w74 61
ten slaves: w74 61; w73 713-715, 717
wicked slave: w73 719-721
murderous cultivators of vineyard (Mt 21:33-41): w78 12/15 18-19; ad 819; w61 201-202
mustard grain (Mt 13:31, 32; Mr 4:30-32): kc 99-101; w75 590, 595-600, 604-605; sl 206-209
identity of planter of: km 11/75 4
“tiniest of all the seeds” (Mt 13:32; Mr 4:31): w76 768
narrow gate (Mt 7:14): w78 11/15 29-30
needle’s eye (Mt 19:24): g76 5/22 26; ad 1214; w67 575-576; w58 62; w52 338; w51 287, 319-320; w32 166
neighborly Samaritan (Lu 10:30-37): w84 1/15 8-9; w71 412-413; ad 816-817; te 35-38; g71 8/8 27; w70 631-632; w69 148; w67 139-140; w64 420; g63 2/8 4; w59 682-683; w57 51-53; w55 183; w53 479; w50 507
purpose: w78 2/15 5
road from Jerusalem to Jericho: w81 10/15 14-15
olive tree of Romans 11: w84 9/1 9-11; w84 9/15 11-13; w83 8/15 14-24; w82 2/15 23-24; w80 7/15 24
application to “other sheep”: w83 8/15 21-24
parables concerning Kingdom: kc 96-104
pearl of high value (Mt 13:46): w84 7/1 6; w84 9/15 9; w78 6/15 5; w75 21; w75 594
persistent friend (Lu 11:5-8): w79 5/15 17-18
Pharisee and tax collector (Lu 18:9-14): ad 818; te 147-150
plowing, sewing, threshing (Isa 28:24-29): w76 719
prodigal son (Lu 15:11-32): su 160-166; w82 5/1 24-27; w78 10/15 11-12; w74 462; w72 432-435, 568; ad 817; w67 153; w65 468-473, 485-491, 494; g64 3/8 27; w63 422-423, 739-740; sr55 363-364; w48 56; w47 120-121; w43 323-332, 339-348
rich man (Lu 12:16-21): w85 4/1 20; g80 8/8 11; ad 817; te 91-94; w70 597-599; w68 36; w67 74-75; w64 134; w58 216, 583-584; w57 14-15; w55 10, 326; el 308; w44 281
rich man and Lazarus (Lu 16:19-31): w84 10/15 8-9; w84 11/1 13; tr 42-43; gh 98; ts 98-110; g73 6/8 7; ad 817-818; w68 663; w67 177-181, 205-219, 286, 511; w66 228, 536, 561; w65 75-76, 176; ms 232-233; w64 188-189; g64 3/8 27; g59 5/8 27-28; g59 6/8 7; w55 70-71; w54 109-112; w53 726-727; w52 157-158; lg 97-98; w51 114-126, 141-155; rm 247-256, 325-326; w49 184-185; wl 359-361; hp42 31; rf 33-61; w39 371-380; af 32-35
sheep and goats (Mt 25:31-46): w85 2/1 19-23; w83 1/1 12-14; kc 152-156; tr 96-97; w80 2/15 19; w80 7/15 23-24; w79 10/1 26; go 160, 163-172; w74 625-628; w74 651-652; ka 258-292; w71 457; ad 819; g71 8/8 28; w69 102, 486, 755; qm 379; yl 42; w66 104, 117; w65 174-176; im 341-344; w64 633; pw 29-30; bf 467, 539; w62 429; w61 43, 219, 632; ns 332, 358-359; w60 54; w59 50-51, 158-159; jp 104-105; pa 200; sr55 160, 164, 190; w52 341-342; lg 97; w51 368; el 236-246; w49 147-157, 287; w47 201-202; w46 254; w43 342; g35 1/2 219-223; g35 1/30 273-274; de 28-36; w30 361-362
avoiding association with goatlike ones: w84 6/15 25
basis for judging goats: cj 172-173
discussion: su 114-120
sign of last days: w84 2/15 17; w83 8/1 26-27; w80 2/15 20-21
time of fulfillment: w80 10/1 27
slaves watching for master’s return (Lu 12:35-40): w78 11/15 24-25
sower (Mt 13:3-23; Mr 4:3-20; Lu 8:5-15): kc 97-98; w77 166; w76 220-222; w72 90-91, 287; or 108-109; w71 31; ad 815-816; w70 11-17; yb70 9-19; w69 533; yl 188; w63 563; w61 209, 267-268; w57 89-91; w52 229; w51 655; g51 9/22 25-26; w50 481-493
fine soil: w77 466
talents (Mt 25:14-30): w81 11/1 31; ka 212-242, 247-256, 258; w72 207-208; ad 819; w66 607; w65 461-462; im 341; w64 754; w62 337; w61 86; w58 221; w50 233-235; w47 199; w43 12-14; w33 268; v-3 124
ability: w74 542
beginning of fulfillment: w74 542-543
belongings: w74 541-542; ka 216-218
five-talents class: w74 542
man traveling abroad: w74 541
master’s return: w74 557
purpose: w74 540-541
reward to faithful slaves: w74 558-559
wicked slave: w74 589-591; ka 247-255
ten virgins (Mt 25:1-13): w85 2/1 17-19; w75 593; ka 169-183, 189-206, 211; w65 461-462; im 340-341; w61 85; lg 204; w48 327, 330; w47 42, 377; w42 36; w33 267
bridegroom: ka 171-172
cry, “Here is the bridegroom!”: w81 9/1 31
discreet virgins: w74 506, 508-509
discussion: w74 430-432; w74 478-480; w74 505-509
door closed: w74 508-509
foolish virgins: w74 506, 508-509; ka 193-196, 199-200, 202-204
lamps: w74 478-479; w74 506
oil: w74 479; w74 506, 508; ka 178-180, 193-200
significance of number: w74 478; ka 170
slept: w74 479-480; w74 506-508
treasure hidden in a field (Mt 13:44): w84 9/15 8-9; w75 594
two sons (Mt 21:28-31): w72 213; g65 5/22 28; w64 331; g63 10/22 6
unrighteous steward (Lu 16:1-13): w77 528-529; w62 108-109; w59 693-694; w54 596; w48 52-56
vine (Joh 15:1-10): w83 8/15 23; yb79 260-261; w78 12/15 16-24, 26-27; bf 518, 521
wheat and weeds (Mt 13:24-30, 36-43): w83 9/15 14; uw 179-180; kc 102-103; w75 594, 596, 599; sl 207; yb75 33; w74 477-480; pm 101-105, 362; w71 501-502; ad 816, 1539, 1650; w70 265, 272-277, 539; fm 65; is 172-173, 178; w66 204, 372-374, 555, 633, 651, 659-660; im 316-320; w64 41-42; bf 470-471, 514-515, 546; w62 532; w61 108, 111, 143-144; g61 11/8 8; w60 605-607; jp 11; g58 2/8 25-26; nh 192; w46 247-251
apostates not included among the weeds: w84 3/1 31
binding of the weeds in bundles: w81 8/1 24
discussion: w81 8/1 16-26
identity of weeds: w81 8/1 24
storehouse: w84 5/15 24; w81 8/1 25
weeping and the gnashing of teeth: w81 8/1 24
when a clear difference became visible between the wheat and the weeds: w81 8/1 24
widow and the judge (Lu 18:1-8): w79 5/15 20-21; w62 712