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