The way some people read the parables reminds me of Aesop's Fables. And the way others read them reminds me of the way some discern clue after perplexing clue in their Beatle albums as evidence for a cover-up of Paul's having died in a car accident.
Jared C. Wilson, The Storytelling God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Parables
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