Parables of Jesus for Kids

In the Parable of The Vultures and The Corpse, Uncle Yesh is referring to the corpse as spiritually dead person. He explains that when a man's spirit is dead, when he doesn't have the Word of God in his life, and evil ideas will start residing in them.

In The Parable of The Rich Fool, a man gets an abundant crop, and starts making plans based on this. The rich man plans to build large barns to store the grain, and he dreams of spending his remaining days lavishly spending money. But then, an Angel appears before him, and says that he is going to die the same night.

In the Parable of 'The Birds of The Air', Jesus compares humans to the ravens flying around. He takes their example and explains that the birds neither sow, nor reap, but God feeds them nevertheless. Jesus is urging us to think that, when God has plans for birds like ravens, what will He have planned for his favorite- mankind?

In the Parable of The Lilies of The Field, Jesus is comparing mankind with flowers of the field. He said that God has plans even for little things such as Lilies, so God surely will have a great plan for us.

The Parable of The Faithful Servant, is about a man leaving for a long journey. When he leaves home, he puts his slaves in charge and commands the doorkeeper to be on watch. If the doorkeeper does his job properly, when the master returns, he will reward the doorkeeper abundantly. But if the doorkeeper takes advantage and harms others and loots the property, the Master will return and punish him.

In the parable of 'The Unmerciful Servant', a slave is brought in front of the King for not repaying his debts. The King decides to forgive him and let him go. The slave who is now free, meets his friend who owed him a lot of money. The slave then starts beating his friend for the money. The soldiers spot him, and he is taken back to the King, who doesn't show any mercy this time.

The parable of 'The Talents' a rich man gives talents to his slaves. He leaves five talents with one, two talents with another, and one with the third. The one with five talents invests this money and gets five more talents. Similarly, the second slave gains more talents. But the third, scared of risking his master's money, hides his talent. When the master returns, he punishes the third slave

In the Parable of The Two Sons, a father asks his first son to go and work in the fields. The son at first refuses, but then he change his mind and goes to work in the field. The father then asks the second son to work in the field, and the second immediately agrees. But the second son never intended to keep his promise, and he stayed at his house.

In the Parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus, Lazarus is a poor man who lay at the gates of the rich man. Lazarus was always hungry, but the rich man never helped this poor soul. One day, Lazarus died, and then angels came to carry him to Heaven. The rich man also dies, but he is taken to Hell. Jesus then explains why both of them were taken to Heaven and Hell.

In the Parable of The True Vine, Jesus compares himself to the Vine, and His Father as the Wine Grower. The Wine Grower takes care of the plant, and removes all unwanted branches. He also take extra care of the branches that bears him fruit.