BASIC BIBLE
Famous Parables
Jesus
By the Numbers
100
  • Who was the very first man created by God

Adam.

100
  • In this parable, a son wastes his inheritance but is welcomed home by his loving father with open arms

 Parable of the Prodigal Son

100
  • Jesus was born in this small, modest town in Judea, fulfilling ancient prophecy.

 Bethlehem

100
  •  The number of days and nights it rained during the Great Flood, and the number of days Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness. 

(40)

200
  • EWho was Adam's wife, the first woman? 

Eve

200
  • This traveler stopped to help a beaten man on the side of the road after a priest and a Levite walked past him.  

Good Samaritan

200
  • $400: Before becoming fishers of men, Peter and his brother Andrew worked this everyday trade.

fishing

200


  • The total number of disciples Jesus chose to be his closest followers.
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    • (12)
300
  • What was the name of the garden where Adam and Eve lived?

 The Garden of Eden.

300
  • Jesus used this tiny, fast-growing seed to illustrate how small faith can grow into a massive kingdom.

     

 mustard seed

300
  • $600: At a wedding in Cana, Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into this beverage.

 wine

300
  • The total number of commandments given to Moses on stone tablets.



  • 10
400
  • Who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy? 

Cain.


400
  • A shepherd leaves a flock of 99 sheep behind to go search for this many lost ones. 

One

400
  • $800: Jesus called this brother of Mary and Martha out of the tomb, raising him from the dead.

 Lazarus

400
  • The number of days it took God to complete the creation of the heavens and the earth, resting on the next day



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500
  • What did God use to rainbow-seal His promise never to flood the Earth again? 

A rainbow.

500
  • In the parable of the talents, the master gets angry at the servant who did this with his money instead of investing it 

The master  got md at the servant for burying it  in the ground

500
  • his tax collector climbed a sycamore tree just to get a glimpse of Jesus passing through Jericho. 

Zacchaeus

500
  • The wall surrounding this ancient city came crashing down after Israel marched around it once a day for six days, and this many times on the final day.




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