This article also appeared in print, under the headline “Three More Parables About God's Kingdom,” in the July 21, 2008, issue.

If you have understood all of the above parables, then the Kingdom of Heaven will be opened for you, if you follow and do according to these teachings of Christ. God bless you all.

So when Jesus comes preaching about the Kingdom to come, we should take note of what He teaches the Kingdom is like. In Mark 4:21-34, Jesus teaches parables about the Kingdom and what it is like.

The Parable in the Ancient World. When Jesus preached so strikingly in parables, he did not create a new literary genre. ... "The kingdom of God is as if" (e.g. Mk 4:26, 30-31; Mt 13:33).

Today we learn about another parable; it is the Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat. You can read this Gospel in Matthew 13:24-43. “[Jesus} proposed another parable to [the crowds]. “The ...

The parables were also about ordinary activities people could understand that then reveal the hidden reality of God’s Kingdom present in them. For example, the parable of the sower was about ...

What is the kingdom of heaven like? There may be no more intriguing question of religion and spirituality than what awaits humanity as a final destination.

One day, Jesus Christ sat beside the sea and a great crowd gathered around him. He got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. He taught them in parables.

Parables are all around us, invisible to the eye but perceived by the heart in every human face, in every relationship and impulse toward goodness. The Kingdom of God is among us, here and now ...