The Parables of Jesus · A Video Bible Study
Hear the stories Jesus told the way his first listeners heard them.
Seven animated sessions, about eight minutes each, that walk you through fourteen parables while they unfold and stop at the exact moment each one turns. With a group guide, and our permission to play it for your class.
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Three things a page can't do with a parable. This study does them.
Walk you through it
A parable unfolds scene by scene. Here you watch it unfold, with the place, the people and the custom on screen while the voice tells it.
Stop at the turn
Every parable has a moment where it goes where nobody expected. The study stops right there, so it catches you the way it caught the first listeners.
Get your group talking
Every session ends on questions for your group, and the group guide has all of them, ready to print or read on your phone.
The key at work
Four questions for every parable.
The questions the first listeners could answer without thinking. The study answers them on screen while the story runs, and after the first session you'll bring them to any parable you read.
- Who was listening?
- What did they know that we don't?
- Where is the turn?
- Where do you stand?
Seven sessions, fourteen parables
Along the road Jesus walked: Galilee, the road to Jerusalem, and the last week on the Mount of Olives. Two parables a session, chosen because they speak to each other.
Session 1 · 8 min
Ears to Hear
The Sower and the Mustard Seed. Same day, same boat: a seed almost all lost, and a seed almost too small to see.
Session 2 · 8 min
Seventy Times Seven
The Two Debtors and the Unmerciful Servant. Two debts forgiven: one debtor loves much, the other will not forgive.
Session 3 · 7 min
Who Is My Neighbour?
The Good Samaritan and the Pharisee and the Publican. The religious man and the outsider, and the listener ends up judging himself.
Session 4 · 8 min
Rejoice with Me
The Lost Sheep and the Prodigal Son. One answer to the grumblers of Luke 15, and one Greek word for lost.
Session 5 · 8 min
God and Mammon
The Unjust Steward and the Rich Man and Lazarus. Same chapter, same listeners: the Pharisees who loved money.
Session 6 · 8 min
Many Are Called
The Laborers in the Vineyard and the Wedding Feast. Both close on the same warning: many are called, few chosen.
Session 7 · 8 min
Watch Therefore
The Ten Virgins and the Talents. The same evening, to the same disciples, on the Mount of Olives: how to wait for his return.
Keep your guide and your Bible open next to you, and follow along.
Everything you get
- All seven sessions, on your phone, tablet or computer, with captions
- The group guide: the questions for every session, to print or read on your phone
- Our permission to play it for your small group or your Sunday school class
- A link that stays yours, so you can watch a session again before your group meets
Made for
- Readers who want to hear a parable the way the people on that shore heard it
- Bible study leaders who need seven ready sessions, with the questions to ask
- Anyone who has nodded along when the room went quiet over a parable
Look elsewhere if
- You want one church's reading of every parable: where Christians read a parable in more than one way, you hear both side by side
- You want a lecture in Greek: a word from the original comes on screen only when it changes the story, with its meaning from a standard dictionary
Questions
Do I need The Read-Ready Bible Guide for this?
It stands on its own. If you have the guide, keep it open next to you: the study asks the same four questions it does.
How long is it?
Seven sessions of about eight minutes each, about 54 minutes in all. One a week with your group, or all seven in an evening.
Can I play it for my group?
Yes. Play it for your small group or your Sunday school class. The group guide has the questions for every session, to print as often as you like.
Which Bible does it quote?
Every quotation is King James, and every reference is by book, chapter and verse, so you can follow along in any translation.
Does it take one church's side?
No. Where Christians read a parable in more than one way, you hear both readings side by side, so your group can talk them over.
I'm not good with videos online.
If you can open an email, you can watch it: one link, on your phone, tablet or computer, with captions.
What if it's not for me?
Then it costs you nothing. Email [email protected] within 7 days of your purchase and we refund you in full. No forms, no questions about why. Full policy on the refund page.
Your next seven Bible study nights, ready to play.
Seven sessions, fourteen parables, the group guide and our permission to play it for your group. Watch the first session tonight, and take seven days to decide.
7-day money-back guarantee. If it's not for you, email us and we refund you in full. No forms.
Seven days to decide. If it's not for you, you pay nothing.
Email [email protected] within 7 days of your purchase and we refund you in full. No forms, no questions about why, nothing to send back.