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