Have we really fully understood the parables that were narrated by the Lord Jesus? Many have studied these stories and quite a number have found them enigmatic; riddles that have defied complete explanation. Some parables even appear to contradict each other. But are the parables only those that were told by Jesus? Consider what God ordered Isaiah, the prophet, to write: Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Psalm 78:1-3 In...