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The parables

Sermons expounding a parable of Christ.

298 sermons under this heading.

  1. The Barren Tree
    Thomas Adams · No. 4
  2. The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
  3. The Second Sunday after Pentecost
  4. The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
  5. Sermon IX: Matthew 25:30
    Lancelot Andrewes · Matthew 25:30 · 16 January 1598
  6. La Dumineca Vameșului, cuvânt de învățătură
  7. The Rich Man and Lazarus
  8. The Unjust Steward
  9. Delivered on the Lord’s Day, on that which is written in the Gospel, Matt. xx. 1, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.’
  10. On the words of the Gospel, Luke xi. 5, ‘Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight,’ etc.
  11. On the words of the Gospel, Luke xiii. 21 and 23, where the kingdom of God is said to be ‘like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal;’ and of that which is written in the same chapter, ‘Lord, are they few that are saved?’
  12. On the words of the Gospel, Luke xiii. 6, where we are told of the fig-tree, which bare no fruit for three years; and of the woman which was in an infirmity eighteen years; and on the words of the ninth Psalm, v. 19, ‘Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: l
  13. On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xiii. 19, etc., where the Lord Jesus explaineth the parables of the sower
  14. On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xxv. 1, ‘then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins.’
  15. On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xxv. 24, etc., where the slothful servant who would not put out the talent he had received, is condemned
  16. The Failure and Success of the Gospel
  17. De connexione triplicis parabolae apud Matthaeum XIII, 44-48: « Simile est regnum coelorum thesauro abscondito in agro, » etc
  18. De inani splendore virtutum cavendo
  19. Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
  20. Ninth Sunday after Trinity
  21. The Barren Fig-Tree, or the Doom and Downfall of the Fruitless Professor
  22. The Capacity of Religion Extirpated by Disuse
  23. The Hunger of the Soul
  24. Viernes después, consideración séptima
  25. A Shrewd Fool—The Rich Farmer
  26. Discourse 1 on the Rich Man and Lazarus
  27. Discourse 2 on the Rich Man and Lazarus
  28. Discourse 4 on the Rich Man and Lazarus
  29. Homily 45 on Matthew
  30. Homily 46 on Matthew
  31. Homily 47 on Matthew
  32. Homily 68 on Matthew
  33. Homily 69 on Matthew
  34. Homily 78 on Matthew
  35. Homily 102 on Luke
  36. Homily 106 on Luke
  37. Homily 107 on Luke
  38. Homily 108 on Luke
  39. Homily 128 on Luke
  40. Homily 129 on Luke
  41. Homily 134 on Luke
  42. Homily 34 on Luke
  43. Homily 41 on Luke
  44. Homily 68 on Luke
  45. Homily 89 on Luke
  46. Homily 93 on Luke
  47. Homily 96 on Luke
  48. The Rich Man and Lazarus
    Charles Grandison Finney · 9 November 1853
  49. The Treasure and the Pearl
  50. The Wants of Man and their Supply
  51. DE DIVERSIS CAPITULIS OCTAVUS. Seu responsio S. Episcopi ad Serminium de villico iniquitatis
  52. Homilia 11 in Evangelia
  53. Homilia 12 in Evangelia
  54. Homilia 15 in Evangelia
  55. Homilia 19 in Evangelia
  56. Homilia 31 in Evangelia
  57. Homilia 34 in Evangelia
  58. Homilia 40 in Evangelia
  59. Homilia 9 in Evangelia
  60. De Virginibus
  61. Dominica Decima Post Pentecosten
  62. SABBATO POST Reminiscere
  63. Xcv 95
  64. The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, considered
  65. Parable of the Marriage Feast
  66. The Distribution of the Talents
  67. The Rich Man and Lazarus
  68. Predigt am dreyzehnten Sonntage nach Trinitatis
  69. Predigt am ersten Sonntage nach Trinitatis
  70. Predigt am zweiten Sonntage nach Trinitatis
  71. Thirteen Sermons on Various Subjects: Sermon 7
    John Howe · Luke 18:18 · No. 7
  72. IN EODEM FESTO. Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam
  73. IN EODEM FESTO. Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam
  74. ITEM FERIA III. Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Joannem
  75. ITEM UT SUPRA. Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam
  76. ITEM UT SUPRA. Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam
  77. Dominica Nona Post Octavam Pentecostes
  78. Dominicalis
  79. IN COMMUNI DE UNA VIRGINE. De quadruplici acceptione regni coelorum: negotiatore iniquo et justo, pravo et sancto: de margaritarum multiplici distinctione, praecipue tamen de triplici, quarum quaelibet a quibusdam bene, et ab aliis male quaeritur
    Innocent III · No. 12
  80. In Eodem Festo II
    Isaac of Stella · No. 17
  81. In Eodem Festo II
  82. On the Parable That Our Lord Spoke about the Laborers Whom the Lord of the Vineyard Hired ܥܲܠ ܡܲܬܼܠܵܐ ܕܐܸܡܲܪ ܡܵܪܲܢ ܕܦܵܥ̈ܠܹܐ ܕܐܸܓܲܪ ܡܵܪܹܐ ܟܲܪܡܵܐ
  83. On the Pharisee and the Publican Who Went up to the Temple to Pray ܥܲܠ ܦܪܝܼܫܵܐ ܘܡܵܟ̣ܣܵܐ ܕܐܸܡܲܪ ܡܵܪܲܢ ܕܲܣܠܸܩ̣ܘ ܠܗܲܝܟ݁ܠܵܐ ܠܲܡܨܲܠܵܝܘܼ
  84. On the Prodigal Son ܥܲܠ ܗܵܘ̇ ܒܪܵܐ ܕܦܲܪܲܚ̣ ܢܸܟ̣ܣܵܘ̈ܗܝ
  85. On the Rich Man and Lazarus ܲܥܲܠ ܥܲܬ݁ܝܼܪܵܐ ܘܠܵܥܵܙܲܪ
  86. Capital and Interest
  87. Contact But Not Communion
  88. Education by Contagion
  89. Mercy and Obligation
  90. The Tares Among the Wheat
  91. Things New and Old
  92. Parable of the Lowest Place
  93. The Good Samaritan
  94. The Kingdom of Heaven
  95. The Unfaithful Servant
  96. The Unjust Steward
  97. The Unrighteous Mammon
  98. The Wicked Servant
  99. Toleration
  100. „KOMT TOT DE BRUILOFT.”
  101. Sermon on the Parable of a King that Married his Son
  102. The firste Sermon
  103. The Parable Of The Householder
  104. The Parable of the Householder
  105. The Parable Of The Tares
  106. The Parable of the Tares
  107. Christ's Welcome to the Penitent
    Henry Parry Liddon · Luke 15:20 · 29 February 1860 · No. 1
  108. Am andernn Sontage nach Trinitatis. Ewanngelion: Luce XIIII
  109. Am Aylffttenn Sontage nach Trinitatis Ewanngelion. Luce. XVIII
  110. Am Dreytzehenden Sontage nach Trinitatis Euangelion Luce X
  111. Am dritten Sontage nach Trinitatis Ewangelion Luce. XV
  112. Am ersten Sontag nach Trinitatis. Euangelion Luce XVI
  113. Am neunden Sonttage nach Trinitatis Euangelion Luce am Sechtzehenden
  114. Am XX. Sontag nach Trinitatis Euangelion Mathei. XXII
  115. Predigt am 11. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
  116. Predigt am 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
  117. Predigt am 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
  118. Predigt am 20. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
  119. Predigt am 3. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
  120. Predigt am 9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
  121. The Parable of the Sower
  122. The Wheat & the Tares
  123. ‘That Which Was Lost’
  124. ‘They That Were Ready!’
  125. ‘To Him That Hath Shall Be Given’
  126. Dishonest Tenants
  127. Dives and Lazarus
  128. Dying Lamps
  129. Four Soils for One Seed
  130. Four Sowings and One Ripening
  131. Gifts to the Prodigal
  132. God’s Last Arrow
  133. Lamps and Bushels
  134. Leaven
  135. Mingled in Growth, Separated in Maturity
  136. Neighbours Far Off
  137. One Seed and Diverse Soils
  138. Seed among Thorns
  139. Tenants Who Wanted to Be Owners
  140. The Follies of the Wise
  141. The Lessons of a Feast
  142. The Lost Sheep and the Seeking Shepherd
  143. The Prodigal and His Father
  144. The Rewards of the Trading Servants
  145. The Rich Fool
  146. The Trading Servants
  147. The Two Debtors
  148. The Vineyard and Its Keepers
  149. The Waiting Maidens
  150. Three Condensed Parables
  151. Traders for the Master
  152. Treasure and Pearl
  153. Two Ways of Despising God’s Feast
  154. Why the Talent Was Buried
  155. De grano sinapis I
  156. De margarita
  157. Item de grano sinapis II
  158. Quod simile sit regnum Dei fermento
  159. The Lost Sheep
  160. The Two Sons
  161. “Who is My Neighbor?”
  162. The Parable of the Darnel
  163. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure
  164. The Parable of the Householder
  165. The Parable of the Leavened Bread
  166. The Parable of the Mustard Seed
  167. The Parable of the Net
  168. The Parable of the Pearl
  169. The Parable of the Seed
  170. The Parabolic Method
  171. The Scheme of the Discourse
  172. On the Parable of the Ten Virgins ܕܚܲܕܼܒܿܫܲܒܵܐ ܕܸܫܬܵܐ ܕܨܵܘܡܵܐ
  173. On the Prodigal Son ܕܥܲܠ ܒܪܵܐ ܐܣܵܘܿܛܵܐ
  174. On the Rich Man and Lazarus ܥܲܠ ܥܲܬܿܝܼܪܵܐ ܘܠܵܥܵܙܵܪ
  175. On the Wheat and the Tares ܥܠ ܡܬܠܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܙܪܥܐ ܘܙܝܙ̈ܢܐ
  176. On the Workers in the Vineyard ܥܲܠ ܦܠܐܬܵܐ ܗ̇ܝ ܦܥ̈ܠܹܐ ܠܟܲܪܡܹܗ
  177. Seemon XI. What the One Pearl is
  178. The parable of the lost sheep
  179. The parable of the prodigal son
  180. The rich man and Lazarus
  181. Man's treatment of Christ
    Edward Payson · No. 14
  182. The Sower and the Seed
    John Percival · Luke 8:5 · No. 12
  183. De divite et Lazaro
  184. De divite et Lazaro
  185. De divite, cujus ager ferax fuit
  186. De duobus filiis, prodigo et frugi, et primo de abscessu prodigi a patre
  187. De eadem
  188. De eisdem
  189. De eisdem
  190. De eisdem
  191. De eisdem, Judaeum et Gentilem figurantibus
  192. De eisdem, ubi de livore senioris filii in prodigum redeuntem
  193. De eisdem, ubi de occursu patris ad filium
  194. De eisdem, ubi de reditu filii ad patrem
  195. De eodem
  196. De ficu quae fructum non protulit
  197. De parabola centum ovium
  198. De parabola drachmae perditae
  199. De parabola fermenti
  200. De parabola grani sinapis
  201. De parabola servi ab agro regressi, deque hominis erga Deum gratitudine
  202. De parabola zizaniorum
  203. De parabolis inventae margaritae et sagenae missae in mare
  204. De villico iniquo
  205. The Prodigal and his Brother
    Frederick William Robertson · Luke 15:31 · 21 February 1853 · No. 20
  206. Den 4 Juli
  207. Leaven Hid in Meal
  208. The Barren Fig-Tree
  209. The Blind Leading the Blind
  210. The Good Samaritan
  211. The Grain of Mustard-Seed
  212. The Hidden Treasure
  213. The Householuer
  214. The Insolvent Debtors
  215. The Labourers
  216. The Lighted Candle
  217. The Marriage Feast
  218. The Net
  219. The New Wine and Old Bottles
  220. The Pearl of Great Pri Je
  221. The Perverse Children
  222. The Pounds
  223. The Rebellious Citizens
  224. The Regard Due to Christ
  225. The Rejected Corner Stone
  226. The Rich Fool
  227. The Sower
  228. The Springing Field
  229. The Talents
  230. The Tares
  231. The Ten Virgins
  232. The Tree Known by Its Fruits
  233. The Two Sons
  234. The Unjust Steward
  235. The Use and Intent of Parables
  236. The Wedding Garment
  237. The Wicked Husbandmen
  238. Matt. Vii.26, 27. and every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doth…
    Robert South · No. 4
  239. 'No Root in Themselves'
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 4:17 · 27 August 1903 · No. 2846
  240. 'Until He Finds It'
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:4 · 8 March 1903 · No. 2821
  241. 'Yet There Is Room'
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 14:22 · 27 October 1910 · No. 3221
  242. "The Wedding Was Furnished with Guests"
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 22:10 · 6 May 1888 · No. 2022
  243. A Clear Understanding
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 13:51 · 6 June 1912 · No. 3305
  244. A Great Bargain
  245. A Program Never Carried Out
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:20–21 · 6 June 1897 · No. 2520
  246. Debtors and Debtors
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 7:41 · 2 March 1902 · No. 2768
  247. Early And Late
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 20:1 · 10 December 1865 · No. 664
  248. From Twenty-five to Thirty-five
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 20:3–4 · 16 May 1897 · No. 2517
  249. Good News For You
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 10:33 · 5 October 1862 · No. 473
  250. Guests for the Royal Feast
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 22:8–10 · 14 November 1912 · No. 3328
  251. Judgment Threatening But Mercy Sparing
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 13:7–8 · 17 September 1865 · No. 650
  252. Lacking Moisture
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 8:6 · 29 August 1903 · No. 2845
  253. Making Light of Christ
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 22:5 · 17 August 1856 · No. 98
  254. More Room for More People
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 14:22 · 14 September 1916 · No. 3529
  255. Number 2500—or, "entrance and Exclusion"
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 25:10 · 17 January 1897 · No. 2500
  256. Number One Thousand; Or, 'Bread Enough and To Spare'
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:17 · 16 July 1871 · No. 1000
  257. One Lost Sheep
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 18:12–13 · 28 April 1889 · No. 2083
  258. Our Great Shepherd Finding the Sheep
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:4–6 · 27 January 1889 · No. 2065
  259. Saying Versus Doing
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 21:28–30 · 6 October 1901 · No. 2747
  260. Sown Among Thorns
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 13:22 · 19 August 1888 · No. 2040
  261. Teaching for the Outer and Inner Circles
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 4:33–34 · 16 July 1882 · No. 1669
  262. The Blessings of Public Worship
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 18:10 · 13 January 1895 · No. 2395
  263. The Good Samaritan
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 10:25–37 · 17 June 1877 · No. 1360
  264. The Importunate Widow
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 18:1–8 · 21 February 1869 · No. 856
  265. The Lost Silver Piece
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:8–10 · 15 January 1871 · No. 970
  266. The Mustard Seed: A Sermon for the Sabbath-School Teacher
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 13:18–19 · 20 October 1889 · No. 2110
  267. The Parable of the Lost Sheep
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:4–7 · 28 September 1884 · No. 1801
  268. The Parable of the Sower
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 8:4–8 · 15 April 1860 · No. 308
  269. The Parable of the Wedding Feast
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 22:2 · 12 February 1871 · No. 975
  270. The Pleading of the Last Messenger
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 12:6–9 · 6 March 1887 · No. 1951
  271. The Prodigal's Climax
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:17 · 26 May 1895 · No. 2414
  272. The Prodigal'S Reception
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:20 · 4 September 1864 · No. 588
  273. The Prodigal's Return
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:20 · 7 February 1858 · No. 176
  274. The Reception of Sinners
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 15:22–23 · 22 November 1874 · No. 1204
  275. The Seed by the Wayside
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 8:5 · 9 August 1903 · No. 2843
  276. The Seed Upon a Rock
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 13:5–6 · 13 August 1903 · No. 2844
  277. The Seed Upon Stony Ground
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 4:5–6 · 14 September 1873 · No. 1132
  278. The Servants and the Pounds
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 19:12–13 · 24 April 1887 · No. 1960
  279. The Sower
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 13:3 · 2 August 1903 · No. 2842
  280. The Two Builders And Their Houses
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 7:24–27 · 27 February 1870 · No. 918
  281. The Two Debtors
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 7:41–42 · 22 November 1906 · No. 3015
  282. The Two Talents
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 25:22–23 · 31 January 1858 · No. 175
  283. The Wedding Garment
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 22:11–14 · 19 February 1871 · No. 976
  284. Unprofitable Servants
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 25:30 · 6 June 1880 · No. 1541
  285. What Is the Wedding Garment?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 22:11–13 · 20 May 1888 · No. 2024
  286. What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 4:26–29 · 12 June 1881 · No. 1603
  287. Wheat in the Barn
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 13:30 · 12 February 1914 · No. 3393
  288. Who Loves Christ More?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 7:41–43 · 3 February 1876 · No. 2873
  289. The Three Rings
  290. The Children of This World Wiser Than the Children of Light
  291. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
  292. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
  293. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
  294. The Drama of Life in Three Acts
  295. The Rich Man and Lazarus
    John Wesley · Luke 16:31 · No. 112
  296. The Pharisee and Publican
  297. The Wise and Foolish Virgins
  298. The Good Samaritan
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