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