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Scripture Block
Matthew 13; Luke 8, 13
March 18-24 “Who Hath Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear”
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Reading Materials
John W. and Jeannie S. Welch, The Parables of Jesus: Revealing the Plan of Salvation (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2019):
- Unlocking the Mystery of the Parables (pages 14-23)
- The Sower (pages 50-59)
- Wheat & Tares (pages 60-67, 148-151)
- Mustard Seed (pages 68-75)
- Leaven
- Hidden Treasure – Pearl of Great Price (pages 118-123)
- The Net (pages 152-155)
- Householder—Wise Scribe
Lynne Hilton Wilson, "Matthew 13; Luke 8, 13," Come Follow Me: The New Testament, 2019.
Susan Howe, "Parables," Enclycopedia of Mormonism.
“Parables,” in Bible Dictionary, online at www.lds.org.
“The Parables of Jesus (Religion 390R),” in Institute Selected Course Outlines (2018), online at www.lds.org.
Frank F. Judd Jr. “Parables of Jesus: The Priceless Parables,” Ensign, January 2003, online at www.lds.org.
Richard Lloyd Anderson, "How to Read a Parable," Ensign, September 1974.
Amy Easton-Flake, “Revealing Parables: A Call to Action within the Doctrine and Covenants,” in You Shall Have My Word: Exploring the Text of the Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Scott C. Esplin, Richard O. Cowan, and Rachel Cope (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012), 149–66.
Jared M. Halverson, "Of Soils and Souls: The Parable of the Sower" Religious Educator 9, no. 3 (2008): 31–48.
Matthew R. Linford, “The Parable of the Benevolent Father and Son,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 22 (2016): 149-178.
John W. Welch, “Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 312–40.
Teaching Visuals
Videos
Images
Charts
John W. Welch, “Parable of the Sower,” Charting the New Testament, 9-6
John W. Welch, “The Wheat and the Tares,” Charting the New Testament, 9-7
John W. Welch, “Joseph Smith's Explanations of Parables in Matthew 13,” Charting the New Testament, 9-8