We call it the parable of the prodigal son. It's really about two. One runs away from home, the other stays and never leaves the porch—and both of them need to be found. #Bible #TheGospels

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Why The #Gospels Are Silent About This

Taken from: Why Don’t #TheGospels Describe #Jesus’ Appearance? (2024)

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"Father, give me my share of the property." In that culture, a son demanding his inheritance early was as good as saying he wished his father were dead. He was a prodigal long before he ever left home. #Bible #TheGospels

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The rabbis of Jesus's day taught that God rejoices when a sinner dies. Jesus tells two stories that say the opposite—heaven throws a party when a lost one is found. #Bible #TheGospels

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Great crowds are following Jesus toward Jerusalem, and they think they're in a parade. He knows it's a death march. So He stops and tells them exactly what following Him will cost. #Bible #TheGospels

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A sick man is stationed by the door at a Pharisee's dinner party—bait to see if Jesus will heal on the Sabbath. He heals him anyway, then asks who wouldn't pull their own son out of a well. Nobody answers. #Bible #TheGospels

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Warned that Herod wants him dead, Jesus calls him a fox—first-century shorthand for a crafty nuisance. Not a threat. A footnote. He keeps preaching and healing right on schedule. #Bible #TheGospels

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Someone asks Jesus how many people will be saved. He doesn't give a number. He answers with a door—narrow, singular, and only open for so long. #Bible #TheGospels

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A tower collapses in Siloam and kills eighteen people. The crowd wants to debate whether the victims deserved it. Jesus refuses the debate and asks a harder question: what if it had fallen on you? #Bible #TheGospels

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