In this parable friend eventually agrees to help his neighbor due to his persistent demands rather than because they are friends, despite the late hour and the inconvenience of it.

Jesus used the man’s love of money to show how the man fell short of God’s holy standard—as do we all. The rich young ruler needed the Savior, and so do we.

In the parable, the net is cast into the sea and pulled onto shore full of all kinds of fish. Then the fishermen sat down to the business of sorting the fish into the “good” and the “bad.” The fish worth keeping were gathered into containers, but the rest were tossed away.

The “great price" is that which was paid by Christ for our redemption. He emptied Himself of His glory, came to earth in the form of a lowly man and shed His precious blood on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.

Using parables, Jesus related truth through intriguing stories with familiar settings. Our grasp of this parable hinges upon a correct understanding of its key elements: the sower, the mustard seed, the great tree which grew from it, and the birds which perched on its branches.

The guys discuss the state of the American church, what we can do better, what we are doing well, and how much trampolines hurt.

The parable says that during the final judgment, the angels will separate the "sons of the evil one" (the tares or weeds) from the "sons of the kingdom" (the wheat).

The Parable of the Sower is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, and Luke 8:4-15.Some seed falls on the path (wayside) with no soil, some on rocky ground with little soil, and some on soil which contained thorns.

It appears in Luke 7:36-7:50, where Jesus uses the parable to explain that the woman who has anointed him loves him more than his host, because she has been forgiven of greater sins.

The story of a a traveller who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveller.