----- Original Message -----BTW, Jonathan, I never said that a particular parable was the key to understanding the gospel. But JESUS said, in Mark 4:
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11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,
12 so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN."
13 And He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
If I may translate: The parables are the âGospel for Dummiesâ who donât get it. Izzy
The parables posed an interpretvie problem for the disciples -- not that easy to understand as per Christ's remarks above. Why? I think ("I am thinking" = not yet written in stone; "I think" = stonded) I think it is because they were trying to make too much of the parable -- looking for meaning in every word and nuance rather than accepting the more obvious single point of the parable.
JDavid Smitty
