Produced by Brian Sogard, Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Transcriber's note | | | | Printer errors: A number of printer errors and some | | punctuation errors have been corrected, but inconsistent | | hyphenation has been left as in the original. Details of the | | printer errors can be found in the HTML version of this | | eBook. | | | | Greek: This book contains many Greek words and phrases. Some | | text viewers may need to be configured to use the UTF-8 | | encoding and a suitable font to display these correctly. The | | inconsistent use of accents on Greek letters is as in the | | original. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD. _WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ I. NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, LAWS FROM HEAVEN FOR LIFE ON EARTH: Illustrations of the Book of Proverbs. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 7s. 6d. II. ROOTS AND FRUITS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. III. THE RACE FOR RICHES, AND SOME OF THE PITS INTO WHICH THE RUNNERS FALL. Foolscap 8vo. Price 1s. 6d. T. NELSON AND SONS. LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD. _By the_ _REV. WILLIAM ARNOT._ LONDON: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW; EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1874. CONTENTS. Page _INTRODUCTION,_ 11 I. _The Sower,_ 43 II. _The Tares,_ 75 III. _The Mustard Seed,_ 101 IV. _The Leaven,_ 111 V. _The Hidden Treasure,_ 128 VI. _The Pearl,_ 144 VII. _The Draw-Net,_ 160 VIII. _The Unmerciful Servant,_ 185 IX. _The Vineyard Labourers,_ 204 X. _The Two Sons,_ 223 XI. _The Wicked Husbandmen,_ 237 XII. _The Royal Marriage Feast,_ 254