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