The Meaning of Meaning in the Gospels

Luke obviously thinks all these parables, and Matthew and Mark, have enduring value beyond just the moment when Jesus spoke them to his contemporaries. That's why they're in the gospels. They're not just in there because they think now he can speak to us only. They're in there because one, they give us a window into what Jesus was actually saying and claiming about himself. How do we bridge that gap? And actually, this is the very next step that we're going to talk about. The difference between meaning and significance.