This is the original text of: The Purpose of Parables, by Junchol Lee
Description:
In the Four Gospels, Jesus gives us 39 parables. A parable is a story in which special meaning is embedded. The disciples of Jesus asked him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" To this, Jesus answers, "The reason I speak to them in parables is that "seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand." After reading this conversation again, a question arose in my mind: Are you one of the disciples or one of them to whom Jesus had to speak in parables?
Created or translated by: Junchol Lee
Date of creation: 2011
Credit: Thanks to the Rev. Junchol Lee, the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church, and the Louis C. Iungerich Publication Fund for their support for publishing these talks.
Copyright by the author. All rights reserved.
License: Used with permission - see terms
Obtained from: https://sfswedenborgian.org
