One of my favorite parables is the one we know as the "parable of the leaven" or the "parable of yeast." It's incredibly short, just one sentence that reads, "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that ...

Find today’s readings here. Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...