Finding the Parables That Jesus Himself Explains

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Mark Wooten | Forum Activity | Posted: Mon, May 13 2019 4:53 AM

Good morning! Does anyone know of a way to find the parables where Jesus Himself explains what it means? An example would be the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-9 and other locations as well), which Jesus explains in Matthew 13:18-23). I haven't come up with a way to find any others so far (if there are any others), but then again, I'm not a Logos expert.

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Mark

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JT (alabama24) | Forum Activity | Replied: Wed, May 15 2019 4:32 AM

I don't think there is a "tool" to do this. You will have to find them yourself unless you own a resource which did this already. 

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Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) | Forum Activity | Replied: Wed, May 15 2019 5:07 AM

JT (alabama24):

... own a resource which did this already

One resource is Willmington's Book of Bible Lists that has a list of parables so created a Bible search in the Gospels:

(explain OR means OR understand) NEAR parable

that included Matthew 15:15 explanation (not in Parables list):

Keep Smiling

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Rosie Perera | Forum Activity | Replied: Sat, May 18 2019 10:42 AM

I'm surprised there isn't a Parables interactive resource. That would be a great way to systematically go through all the parables and see which ones have explanations with them.

There's also the book All the Parables of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer. Alas, not available in Logos. It should be! So I've added it as a suggestion on UserVoice: https://suggestbooks.uservoice.com/forums/308269-book-suggestions/suggestions/37682476-all-the-parables-of-the-bible

EDIT:

There's a really good post by MJ Smith that lists all the parables in the Bible:

https://community.logos.com/forums/t/125366.aspx