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If we focus primarily on the older brother in the parable traditionally called the Prodigal Son, the lesson Jesus would want us to learn is that?

As long as they are alive, people may repent and return to God no matter how far they have run from him
We should not begrudge God’s generosity to the wayward
God shows remarkable compassion for all people
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are part of the process of salvation

The younger brother’s request for his share of his inheritance while his father is still living was?

Unusually courteous
Fairly typical
A little bit unusual
Similar to saying he wished his father were dead

The approach to interpreting parables that has dominated most of church history is that which treats them as?

Always making only one main point
Making one main point in most cases, but with a few exceptions
Detailed allegories
Making one, two or even three points

The approach to interpreting parables that characterized Adolf Jülicher’s groundbreaking work at the end of the nineteenth century is that which treats them as?

Always making only one main point
Making one main point in most cases, but with a few exceptions
Detailed allegories
Making one, two or even three points

Craig Blomberg’s approach to the parables is?

Always finds in them one main point
Allegorizes them like people in the Middle Ages did
Finds a very limited amount of allegory (or analogy) in them
Thinks that the Gospel writers made most of them up

Most of Jesus’ parables have a surprising twist in them somewhere. The most common kind of twist is?

Who turns out to be the good subordinate and who turns out to be the bad one
Most of the details in each story are not lifelike
A king standing for God
Sheep standing for God’s people

Despite the surprising twists in the parables:

Everyone sooner or later becomes a follower of Jesus
Most of each story is realistic in the context of early first-century Israel
Most of Jesus’ stories resemble Aesop’s fables
The Gospel writers changed their original meaning

About two-thirds of Jesus’ parables are?

Two-pointed, with a master figure and a solitary subordinate
Two-pointed, with contrasting characters but no explicit master figure
Three-pointed or triangular in structure
One-pointed

Only one parable has three main characters but without a master figure who can judge between contrasting subordinates. That parable is?

The ten bridesmaids
The rich man and Lazarus
The good Samaritan
The Pharisee and the tax-collector

The treasure hidden in the field and the pearl of great price, the tower builder and the king going to war, and the mustard see and leaven are all examples of parables with?

Three main points
Two main points
One main points
No main points

Unlocking the Parables of Jesus

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