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Pastor Jeff Meyers has posted some great, "random," thoughts on the parables spoken by Jesus:

Random Thoughts on Parables

Now, finally, Jesus appears “teaching them many things in parables” and what are we to conclude? The parable is the medium of judgment, the grammar of God’s wrath and curse against his obstinate people. The parable is propounded to a people that deserve his judicial blinding. Parables are uniquely suited to engage and challenge the hearers to judge their own situation. The parables by their very nature are wisdom devices, call for careful thought and spiritual discernment. Parable’s mask, they veil the truth. They hide as much as they illustrate. Only those who have ears to hear can understand them. Parables hide precisely what dull hearted, conscience seared people cannot find.