Matching Pairs The ParablesOnline version Connect the corresponding columns. by Magnificat Apotres 1 ...the birds of the air came and ate it up. 2 “Lord,” someone asked Him, “is it only a little number that will be saved?” 3 He came looking for fruit on it and found none. 4 ...will he not leave the ninety-nine others in the mountains and go in search of the one that is lost? 5 ...his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 6 The Angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the just and will cast them into the furnace of fire. 7 Have I not a right to do what I want, or do you look unfavorably upon my kindness? 8 ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything! 9 I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store up all my grain and all my goods in them. 10 A woman takes and puts into three measures of flour... 11 I will do her justice, lest she resort to violence. 12 I am the Door. Whoever enters by Me shall be saved. 13 Father, give me the portion of the inheritance that should be mine. 14 Of itself the earth bears the crop, first the blade, then the ear, and finally the ear is filled with grain. 15 Take good care of this man; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you on my way back. 16 Blessed are they whom the master, on his return, shall find watching in this way! 17 If he were informed at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly watch and not let his house be broken into. 18 The man who finds it hides it, and, delighted over his find, he goes and sells all that he has. 19 I am unable to dig, and I would be ashamed to beg... 20 If the servant says to himself: "My master delays his coming," and begins to beat the servants and the maids, and to eat and drink, and to get drunk... 21 A nobleman went into a far country to obtain a kingdom for himself 22 If he is not capable of doing so, while the enemy is yet at a distance, he sends ambassadors to ask for peace. 23 It spreads its branches so wide that the birds of the air come and dwell in them and rest beneath its shade. 24 When he finds one of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. 25 ‘My God, I thank You that I am not like other men... 26 ...lay at his gate, all covered with sores. To appease his hunger, he coveted the crumbs that fell from the table... The laborers of the vineyard The gold coins The narrow gate The faithful administrator The Prodigal Son The unfaithful steward The seed The lost sheep The sterile fig tree The good Samaritan The net filled with fish The Sower Lazarus and the wicked rich The precious pearl The leaven The rich fool The hidden treasure The watchful servants The mustard seed The unjust judge and the widow The watchful householder The warrior king The good seed and the weeds The good Shepherd The insolvent debtor The pharisee and the publican