Jesus's parable of the ten virgins reminds us of the goodness of the feast to come and the importance of being watchful.

Focusing now on the older brother in the parable, and religious people by implication, Jesus shows that one can sin even by obeying, and that God's grace extends to those who sin in this way.

Focusing on the younger brother, who willfully wanders from the Father, but ultimately reveals the Father's deep love for the lost.

While religious leaders gripe about the company Jesus keeps, Jesus replies with two simple parables to show how they should be responding.

The poor, crippled, blind, and lame eat at the banquet while those who have other things going for them do not come.

Jesus's parable shows that in the face of the instability of our world, we can either store up treasure for ourselves or be rich toward God. We can be rich toward God because in Jesus we come to know that we are HIS treasure.

Jesus's interaction with a religious leader concerning how to get eternal life.

Jesus's parable of the two debtors, in which we see a new understanding of faith, sin, and God, and ultimately learn where love comes from.

God shows that He can be trusted when faith is hard, and obedience is harder still.

The God who can handle doubts enters into covenant to show the depth of his love and commitment to His people.