Storyteller - Week 1 - Matthew 13:24-30;36-43

Parables were obviously a very important form of communication for Jesus. There are at least 40 parables throughout Matthew, Mark and Luke, or the synoptic gospels. The word parable literally means, “to set side-by-side,” or, “to compare.” They are stories that help us to understand something about the kingdom of God, and something about ourselves. Jesus would take a familiar earthly image and use it to teach spiritual truth! In this series we are looking at a different parable each week that Jesus told in Matthew’s gospel.