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Vale of tears. Gustave Doré - The Vale of Tears. " Vale of tears " ( Latin: vallis lacrimarum) is a Christian phrase referring to the tribulations of life that Christian doctrine says are left behind only when one leaves the world and enters Heaven. The phrase appears in some translations of Psalm 84:6, which describes those strengthened by ...
Etching by Jan Luyken illustrating the parable, from the Bowyer Bible. The Parable of the Mustard Seed is one of the shorter parables of Jesus. It appears in Matthew ( 13 :31–32), Mark ( 4 :30–32), and Luke ( 13 :18–19). In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, it is immediately followed by the Parable of the Leaven, which shares this parable ...
Plač prvi: Sagriescenie. The Tears of the Prodigal Son ( Croatian: Suze sina razmetnoga) is a poem written by the Croatian Baroque poet Ivan Gundulić. It was originally published in Venice in 1622. The poem is composed of three laments (cries) ( plač ): the Sin ( Sagriješenje ), the Comprehension ( Spoznanje) and the Humility ( Skrušenje ...
A similar metaphor is wheat and chaff, replacing (growing) tares by (waste) chaff, and in other places in the Bible "wicked ones" are likened to chaff. Interpretation. An eschatological interpretation is provided by Jesus in Matthew 13:36–13:43: Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house.
Parables are one of the many literary forms in the Bible, but are especially seen in the gospels of the New Testament. Parables are generally considered to be short stories such as the Good Samaritan, and are differentiated from metaphorical statements such as, "You are the salt of the earth." A true parable may be regarded as an extended simile.
Matthew 7:6. "Cast pearls before swine" (from the series of "Flemish Proverbs"). Drawing by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638). Matthew 7:6 is the sixth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. [1] It refers to "casting pearls before swine".
Christ healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Bernhard Rode 1780. Jesus heals the paralytic at Capernaum (Galway City Museum, Ireland) Jesus heals the man with palsy by Alexandre Bida (1875)
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father) [1] [2] is one of the parables of Jesus in the Bible, appearing in Luke 15 :11–32. [i] In Luke 15, Jesus is said to tell this story, along with those of a man with 100 sheep and a woman with ten coins, to a ...