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