As 10 parábolas mais importantes de Jesus

3 He taught the people many things by telling them stories. He said, Listen, a man went out to sow some seed.

4 As he sowed it, some of the seed fell on the road. Birds came and ate the seed.

5 Some seed fell on the stony ground. Not much earth covered the stones. The seed started to grow right away because it was not deep in the ground.

6 When the sun began to shine, it was too hot for the new plants. They died because they had no roots.

7 Some seed fell among the weeds. The weeds grew up and made the new plants die.

8 But some seed fell on good ground. The seed grew and the plants gave more seed. Some plants gave thirty seeds. Some gave sixty. And some gave a hundred.

9 Everyone who has ears, listen!

25 A man who taught Gods law stood up and asked Jesus a question to try him out. Teacher, he said. What must I do so that I will live for ever?

26 Jesus said to him, What does the law say? What do you read there?

27 The man answered, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart. Love him with all your soul. Love him with all your power, and love him with all your mind. And you must love your neighbour as you love yourself.

28 Jesus said, That is the right answer. Do that and you will live for ever.

29 But the man wanted to prove that he was all right. So he said to Jesus, Who is my neighbour?

30 Jesus answered, A man was going from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bad men caught him on the road. They took his clothes and beat him. Then they went away and left him half dead.

31 A priest happened to be going down that road. He saw the man but he passed by on the other side of the road.

32 A man who worked in the temple came along to that place also. He saw the man but he passed by on the other side.

33 A man from the country of Samaria was going on that road also, and came to the place. He saw the man and wanted to share in his troubles.

34 He went to him and tied up the sores he had from the beating. He washed them with oil and wine. Then he lifted the man up and set him on his own animal to ride. He took him to the house for strangers. And he cared for him.

35 The next day he gave two pieces of money to the man who was in charge of the house for strangers. He said, "Take care of this man. If it costs you more than this, I will pay you when I come back.

36 Jesus said to the teacher of the law, What do you think? Which of these three was a neighbour to the man who was caught by the bad men?

37 He said, The man who was kind to him. Jesus said, Go and do as he did.

4 He said, Which one of you will not do this? A man has a hundred sheep. He loses one of them. He leaves the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and he goes to look for the one that is lost. He looks until he finds it.

5 And when he has found it, he is very glad. He carries it on his back.

6 When he comes home, he calls his friends and neighbours to come. He says, "Be glad with me! I have found my lost sheep."

7 I tell you, the angels in heaven will be glad like that when one bad person stops doing wrong things. The angels will be more glad about that one person than about ninety-nine good people who do not need to change their ways.

11 Jesus also said, A man had two sons.

12 The younger son said to his father, "Father, give me my part of what will belong to me." So his father divided all he had between the two sons.

13 After a few days, the younger son packed up his things. He left home and went to a country far away. There he spent his money in foolish and wrong ways.

14 He spent everything he had. There was no food in that country for a long time. He began to be in trouble.

15 So he went to stay with a man in the country who had a farm. The man sent him out to his farm to feed the pigs.

16 He would have been glad to eat the food the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything.

17 Then he started to get sense. He said, "My father has many men who work for him. They have plenty of food. But here I am dying because I have nothing to eat!

18 I will get up and go to my father. I will say to him, "Father I have been a bad son. I have done wrong to God in heaven and to you.

19 I am not good enough now to be called your son. Let me be like one of these men who work for you."

20 So he got up and went to his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him. He loved him and wanted to share in his troubles. He ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

21 The son said to him, "Father, I have been a bad son. I have done wrong to God in heaven and to you. I am not good enough now to be called your son. Let me be like one of these men who work for you."

22 But his father said to his servants, "Go quickly and bring the best clothes. Dress him. Put a ring on his hand. Put shoes on his feet.

23 Bring the fat calf and kill it. Let us have a feast and a good time.

24 This is my son. He was dead and now he is alive again. He was lost and is found." And they began to have a good time.

25 The older son was out on the farm. When he came home and was near the house, he heard music and dancing.

26 He called one of the servants and said, "What is going on?"

27 The servant said, "Your brother has come home. Your father has killed the fat young cow because your brother is home and he is well."

28 But the older son was angry. He would not go into the house. His father came out and begged him to come in.

29 But the son said to his father, "Look. I have worked hard for you for many years. I have always done everything you told me to do. And yet you never even gave me a young goat to make a feast with my friends.

30 But now this son of yours has come back. He has spent all your money and was with bad women. And yet you kill the fat calf for him!"

31 The father said, "Son you have always been with me. And all that I have is yours.

32 But now we should have a good time and be happy. Your brother was dead and now he is alive again. He was lost and is found."

45 The kingdom of heaven is like this. A trader was looking for fine stones called pearls.

46 He found a pearl that was worth a lot of money. Then he went and sold everything he had and bought it.

9 There were some people who thought they were very good. And they thought that other people were not good. Jesus told this story to them.

10 He said, Two men went to the temple to talk with God. One was a Pharisee and the other one was a tax collector.

11 The Pharisee stood and said to himself, "God, I thank you that I am not like other men. They steal, cheat, and commit adultery. I thank you that I am not like this tax collector.

12 Two times in the week I do not eat-I fast. I give away one tenth part of all I get."

13 The tax collector stood far away. He did not even look up towards heaven. But he beat his chest, and said, "God, I am a bad man. Help me!"

14 I tell you, when this man went home, he was right with God. The other one was not. Everyone who puts himself up in a high place will be brought down to a low place. And everyone who puts himself in a low place will be brought up to a high place.

14 The kingdom of heaven will be like the time a man went to a country far away. He called his servants and put them in charge of his money.

15 He gave five bags of money to one servant. He gave two bags of money to another servant. He gave one bag of money to another servant. He gave to each one what he was able to be in charge of. Then he went away.

16 Right away the servant who had five bags of money began to buy and sell things with it. He made five bags of money more than he had at first.

17 The servant who had two bags of money did the same thing as the one who had five bags. He also made two bags of money more than he had at first.

18 But the man who had only one bag of money dug a hole in the ground. And he hid his masters money in the ground.

19 After a long time, the master of those servants came home. He asked what they had done with his money.

20 The servant who had been given five bags of money brought five bags more to his master. He said, "Sir, you gave me five bags of money. See, I have made five bags more money."

21 His master said, "You have done well. You are a good servant. I can trust you. You have taken good care of a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Come, have a good time with your master."

22 The servant who had been given two bags of money came and said to his master, "Sir, you gave me two bags of money. I have made two bags more money."

23 His master said, "You have done well. You are a good servant. I can trust you. You have taken good care of a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Come, have a good time with your master."

24 The servant who had been given one bag of money came and said, "Sir, I knew that you were a hard man. You cut grain where you did not plant. You pick fruit where you put nothing in.

25 I was afraid. So I went and hid your money in the ground. Here is your money."

26 His master answered him, "You are a bad and lazy servant. You knew that I cut grain where I did not plant. You knew that I pick fruit where I put nothing in.

27 You should have put my money in the bank. Then when I came home, I would have had my money with interest on it.

28 So take the money away from him. Give it to the one who has ten bags.

29 Anyone who has some will get more, and he will have plenty. But he who does not get anything, even the little that he has will be taken away from him.

30 Take this good-for-nothing servant! Put him out in the dark place outside. People there will cry and make a noise with their teeth."

19 There was a rich man who dressed and lived like a king every day.

20 A poor man named Lazarus was put at his door. He had many sores on his body.

21 He wanted to eat the pieces of food that fell from the rich mans table. Dogs came and licked his sores.

22 The poor man died. Angels carried him to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

23 He was in great pain in the world of dead people. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. With him was Lazarus.

24 He called out, "Father Abraham, help me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool my tongue. This fire is very hot for me."

25 But Abraham said to him, "Son, remember this. You had a good time when you were living. Lazarus had a bad time when he was living. But now he is happy here and you are in pain.

26 But that is not all. A wide hole is between you and us. No one can go from here to you if he wanted to. And no one can come from where you are to us."

27 The rich man said, "Then, father, I beg you, send Lazarus to my fathers house.

28 I have five brothers there. Tell him to talk to them so that they will not come to this place where there is pain."

29 But Abraham said, "They have Moses and the Prophets. They can listen to them."

30 He answered, "No, father Abraham! But if a man who had died went to them, they would stop their wrong ways."

31 Abraham said, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, then they will not believe, even if a man were raised from death."

24 Jesus told the people another story. He said, The kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.

25 While people were sleeping, a bad man came and sowed weeds among the good seed. Then he went away.

26 The good seed grew and the plants gave more seeds. Then the weeds grew too.

27 The servants came and said to the man who owned the field, "Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How did the weeds get here?"

28 He answered them, "A bad man has done this." They asked him, "Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?"

29 "No," said the man. "If you pull up the weeds, then the good plants will come up with them.

30 Let them both grow together until the harvest time. When it is time to cut it, I will say to the men who cut it, Cut the weeds first. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then put the grain into my storehouse."

1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten young women took their lamps and went to meet a man who was being married.

2 Five of them were foolish and five of them were wise.

3 The five foolish women took their lamps but took no oil with them.

4 The wise ones took bottles of oil with their lamps.

5 It was a long time before the man came, so they all went to sleep.

6 At midnight there was a call, "Here comes the man who is to be married! Come out to meet him."

7 Then all the young women woke up. They cleaned their lamps.

8 The foolish ones said to the wise ones, "Give us some of your oil. The light in our lamps is dying."

9 But the wise ones answered, "There may not be enough oil for us all. Go to the market and buy some for yourselves."

10 While they went away to buy oil, the man came. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast. Then the door was shut.

11 After that, the other women also came. They called, "Sir, sir, open the door for us."

12 But he said, "I tell you the truth. I do not know you."

13 So watch! You do not know the day or the hour.