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#74 Confused by parables

Ask NT Wright Anything

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The Importance of Parables in the West

Jesus used parables all the time in the Gospels to bring his points across. Was that a common way of teaching in his day and age? Yes and no. The rabbis often tell stories. And so, yes, it is a classic Jewish thing. But we don't have many examples in Jesus' own day of people doing what he did.

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