The Road Parables

On the way robbers stripped him, beat him, and left him for dead. Jubilee Bible And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. King James Bible And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. American King James Version And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

American Standard Version Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Douay-Rheims Bible And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead. Darby Bible Translation And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into [the hands of] robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.

English Revised Version Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, which both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Webster's Bible Translation And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Weymouth New Testament Jesus replied, "A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell among robbers, who after both stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead. World English Bible Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. The other was a publican, or a tax collector, who knew he had done wrong towards God and others.

The Pharisee prayed and thanked God that he was not like other people who needed to come to God and ask for forgiveness. He felt he was sufficiently self-righteous and had easily earned his way into Heaven.

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The publican was a Jewish man who worked with the Romans to extort taxes from other Jews. This story does not condemn his occupation, but it does say that he recognized his sin before the Lord. Jesus said that the Pharisee walked away still in his sins. The publican, however, was declared righteous by Jesus because he recognized that he could not save himself and needed the forgiveness of God in his life. This parable was spoken by the Lord at the end of the Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus said that we should not only hear His teachings, but also act upon what we learn. Then Jesus equated the value of His teachings to the foundations of two different houses. The winds and rain of life come and beat on the house, but his foundation and house are strong. However, the foolish man is one who does not learn from the teachings of Jesus. When the storms of life come beating down upon him he will crumble. He experiences a complete destruction of his house. This is the third in a series of three parables about lost items. The first was a lost sheep, the next was a lost coin and this one about a lost son.

All three teach about forgiveness and restoration. The younger of two sons decided that he was ready to move away from home and strike out on his own. He asked his father for his inheritance.

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The young man went to a far country and quickly made friends—probably because of his money. However, the Bible says that when the money was gone so were his friends. Without money and food the boy found a job working for a farmer. His job was to feed the sheep. He became so hungry that he had to eat with the sheep to survive.

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In this awful condition the young man realized that even the servants in the house of his father lived better than he was living. He determined to return to his father as a servant, not a son. When the young man returned he was surprised to find his father eagerly waiting for him. Try Bible Gateway Plus free for 30 days. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.

Parable of the Good Samaritan

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