Parables of Jesus

Counting the Cost
Kingdom of Heaven

See

Counting the Cost is a passage in the Gospel of Luke that includes a pair of parables told by Jesus. The first title comes from the phrase "count the cost", which occurs in the King James Version of the passage.

Jesus tells two parables. The first is about a builder who begins to build a tower, but may not have enough funds to finish his project. The second describes a king who may go to war with another king, but who must pause to consider the size of his army compared to that of his foe."Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won't he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples."

Cornelius a Lapide, comments on last line, writing that, "this is the post-parable, and sums up the teaching of the parable itself. He who refuseth to give up all, in order that he may live a life of evangelical perfection, cannot be My disciple as the Apostles were."

Video Exposition

Video Exposition 2

Select Pages

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Parable Art

The parables are fictitious stories that are intended to be true-to-life and engaging. They are told in a simple, vivid, and engaging way.

The parables of Jesus have been depicted in many works of art, including paintings, woodcuts, and sculptures.