Kingdom Parables

Mathew 13 contains seven parables told in one day in a series all starting with the phrase, "The Kingdom of God is like ......" These are generally known as the Kingdom Parabales. The hermeneutics that apply to these parables goes beyond the basic parable interpretations because we have the interpretations of Jesus himself for some of them. Jesus also seems to assert that these are not just parables but treasures from which generations will be able to draw understandings. Based on this granting of the privilege of interpreting these parables, based on historical experience of the church, Prod. Ninan ventures to correlate the growth of the Church with these parables.