Tag: parables

• We Know Nothing

  Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 – 7/26/2026 – The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost “Have you understood all [these parables about the kingdom of heaven]?” They answered, “Yes.” Matthew 13:51 (NRSVue) I laughed as I finished reading the Gospel for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Jesus finishes telling a few brief, enigmatic parables about the kingdom of heaven…

  Justin R Marquis

  July 30, 2026

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  bible, christianity, faith, gospel, gospel-of-matthew, hermeneutics, jesus, jesuss-teachings, kingdom-of-god, kingdom-of-heaven, lectionary, lutheran, parables, theology

• Jesus’s Teachings on Wealth

  Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 – 7/12/2026 – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing Matthew 13:22 (NRSVue) The “cares of this age and the lure…

  Justin R Marquis

  July 13, 2026

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  bible, christianity, faith, god, gospel-of-matthew, jesus, jesuss-teachings, lectionary, lutheran, parable, parables, theology, wealth