Tell it Slant: Parables in Luke’s Gospel 1/6

Finding shit you had lost. Jesus tells these stories like they make perfect sense. “Which one of you…does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness?” But is that really the obvious thing to do? What would you do, if you were a shepherd? Or a teacher, maybe, with 99 (or let’s say 19) kids? Leave them in the wilderness? What about the other stories, do the responses of the characters make sense to you? Is that what you would do? Does it seem like the obvious course of action, or is it surprising? The RCL separates the Prodigal Son story from the sheep and coins parables. Why do you think Luke puts them together? Are they related? How?

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