Author name: Steve Negley

Mark 4:30-32 30 He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when […]

Matthew 13:3-23 Where some of the parables of Jesus are one-liners, other parabolic stories told by our Lord are quite detailed. One such story is known as “The Parable of

Matthew 9:16 16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. In talking

In Matthew chapter 13, we find a spot where Jesus tells three parables in a row. The second of the three is also recorded in a single sentence: Matthew 13:45

In Matthew chapter 13, we find a spot where Jesus tells three parables in a row. The first of the three is recorded in a single sentence: Matthew 13:44 44 “The

There’s something attractive, almost addictive, about a good story. Stories engage. Stories entertain. Stories can instruct. And many of us have a favorite storyteller. It may be a relative, a

Genesis 45 45 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with

Genesis 43 43 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten up the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go

Genesis 42 42 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at one another? 2 I have heard,” he said, “that

Genesis 41 41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that (no one in Egypt could interpret)… 9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my faults today. 10 Once Pharaoh was