The Son of Man Shall Come - List of Parables covered in this week's scripture study

In my last post, I just shared a few fun ways to teach or SING about the topic covered in this week's section of the Come Follow Me program for children, for individuals and families, and for Sunday School but I also want to share a general summary of the stories covered in this section of scripture:

From my studies about parables, I understand that:

• Parables told by Jesus were not simple. "The parable conveys to the hearer religious truth exactly in proportion to his faith and intelligence; to the dull and uninspired it is a mere story." See LDS Bible dictionary: "Parables."
• Parables need to be reviewed in the context of who the Savior was speaking to at the time, and we need to consider how the parable applies to us personally depending on where we are in life. I highly recommend reading the lengthy thoughts on parables in the Bible Dictionary, as linked in the previous bullet. I have been studying Parables in other resources but the guidance from the Sunday School manual is to teach from the scriptures and prophets, which means I try to stick to the scriptures, the manual, and General Conference talks when quoting other resources.

Highlight of the parables and stories covered in this section (Joseph Smith-Matthew 1; Matthew 25; Mark 12-13; Luke 21):

• Eagles gather at a carcass the same way men shall be gathered from the four quarters of the earth (JST-Matthew 1:25)
• The light covers the whole earth from east to west, like the coming of the son of Man shall be (JST-Matthew 1:25)
• Parable of the fig tree - "When its branches are yet tender, and it begsn to put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh at hand; So likewise, mine elect, when they shall see all things, they shall know that he is near, even at the doors. (JST-Matthew 1:38-47)
• Parable of the ten virgins - the five that brought extra oil were prepared to meet the bridegroom, while the five that were not had to go replenish supplies and missed the bridegroom (Matthew 25:1-13)
• Parable of the talents - Those who used their talents multiplied them, while those that hoarded theirs without using them had their talents taken away from them (Matthew 25: 14-30)
• Parable of the sheep and the goats - The King will separate the sheep on the right and the goats on the left. You want to be the sheep on the right so that you can "inherit the kingdom prepared for you" and you do this by loving others (Matthew 25:32-46)
• Parable of the wicked husband - (I discussed this one in my previous post) (Mark 12:1-12)
• Question for the Savior about a woman marrying seven brothers in a row after each ones dies - she is not married to any of them in the afterlife because she was not sealed to them for all eternity (Mark 12:20-26)
• Parable of the widow's mite - The widow who donates two mites is more generous than the rich man that donated more, but it barely cut into his savings (Mark 12:42-44) (Luke 21:1-4)