Poems of the Parables

By Buddy Buchanan

Jesus used so many parables or stories that are also called to tell about so much, and I enjoy reading them. Now, writing the poems meant so much to me because it goes to the parables Jesus gave. Also, I searched all the Bibles to come up with the number of poems. Also, I thank Jesus for helping me in all this. Christly love, Buddy

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098024451

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The Unforgiving Servant (Mt 18:23–34)

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A parable in the Bible does see

Heaven likened unto a certain King

Who had a servant that owed him greatly

Begged and forgiven for everything.

But oh, this same servant went away

Found one of his that owed him too

But what he owed, he couldn’t pay

And into the prison, this man was threw.

When others saw this, they told the king

Called him in and said, I forgave you

Couldn’t you forgive the same thing

To the tormentors till paid what’s due?

Note this parable, what it does show

The same to us will be made known

Forgive not, your father won’t also

To the tormentors, you’ll be thrown.

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"The Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a King who decided to bring his accounts up to date. In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him $10 million!… He couldn’t pay, so the king ordered him sold for the debt, also his wife and children and everything he had.

"But the man fell down before the King, his face in the dust, and said, ‘Oh, sir, be patient with me and I will pay it all.’

"Then the king was filled with pity for him and released him and forgave his debt.

"But when the man left the king, he went to a man who owed him [a certain sum] and grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.

"The man fell down before him and begged him to give him a little more time. ‘Be patient and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.

"But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt would be paid in full.

"Then the man’s friends went to the king and told him what had happened. And the King called before him the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil-hearted wretch! Here I forgave you all that tremendous debt just because you asked me to—shouldn’t you have mercy on others just I had mercy on you?’

Then the angry king sent the man to the torture chamber until he had paid every last penny due."

—Matthew 18:23–34 (TLB)

The Sower (Lk 8:4–15)

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In the Bible a parable does tell

A farmer sowed seed in his field

Of the different places it fell

And different ways it did Yield

In the same field all were sown on

Rocky soil and in thorns some went

And beside a path some fell down

But on good soil some were sent

To the ground the heart does compare

From which God’s words are heard

Some understand but some don’t care

Some shallowly plucked away by a bird

But there’s one that understands it

Also bears fruit and prospers more

For God’s Kingdom he is well fit

One day He’ll pass through Heavens door

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One day he gave this Illustration to a large crowd that was

gathering to hear him while many others still on

the way coming from other towns.

A farmer went out to his field to sow grain. As he scattered the grain on the ground, some of it fell on a footpath and was trampled on. And the birds came and ate it as it lay exposed. The other seed fell on shallow soil with rock beneath. This seed began to grow but soon withered and died for lack of moisture. Another seed landed on thistle patches, and the grain stalks were soon choked out. Still other fell on fertile soil; this seed grew and produced a crop one hundred times as large as he had planted. (As he was giving this illustration he said, If anyone has listening ears, use them now!)

His apostles asked him what the story meant.

He replied, "God has granted you to know the meaning of these parables for they tell a great deal about the Kingdom of God. But these crowds hear the words and do not understand, just as the ancient prophets predicted.