Personalized Retold Parables

These are parables (and some non-parables) losely modeled on actual parables or events described in the Christian New Testament. Since the whole point of this is to make it relevant to modern people, the wordings and settings have been altered to fit into modern North American society.

You must supply some key words, to personalize these. Warning: Sometimes the results may come across as offensive. Actually, many were offended by Jesus' parables, given Jesus' empathy for the underdogs and harsh words for some of the most respected people. You can rewrite your responses until the result makes sense to you. (And no, I won't ever see what you put in, so don't worry; have fun!)

This is not a scholarly source, and this is NOT meant as a translation. It is an interactive thought experiment, an attempt to understand, to help people think about how these parables and stories could apply today... to each one of us.

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    • AFTER you've done as many as you want, here is a link to my own renditions of some of these, plus other parables and sayings.

    (By the way, here are the parables, teachings, and incidents used on this site (no fair peeking in your Bible if you haven't done these!): Luke 11:30 - 36, Luke 18:10 - 14, Luke 15:4 - 10, Luke 7:36-50, Luke 15:11-32, Luke 13:1-5, Luke 14:16-24, Luke 19:1-10, Matthew 24:45-52, Matthew 5:43-48, Luke 12:22-34, Matthew 18:23-35, Matthew 21:28-31, Luke 17:12 - 17, Luke 17:32 - 34, John 4:4-26, Matthew 13:44-45.)