The parables of Jesus / by George A. Buttrick.

Contents: An introduction to the parables of Jesus -- Parables of the early ministry. The conflict of new and old -- Similitudes of the kingdom -- The responsibility of hearing -- Earnestness to translate hearing into doing -- The kingdom and the perplexing presence of evil -- Parables of the later ministry. The conditions of discipleship -- Humility -- Forgiven and forgiving -- Privilege and …