Jesus parable # 35, The Persistent Widow

This week our parable is number 35, The Persistent Widow, which is found in Luke 18:1- 8. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. …

Jesus’ parable number 34 – Workers in the Vineyard

There weeks’ parable is found in Matthew 20:1 – 16, parable number 34 known as the Workers in the Vineyard.  Our entrance into heaven depends on God’s grace, not on our righteous works.  In the same way, our reward in heaven will be based on God’s reckoning, not our human calculations.  Rewards are indeed meritorious, …