Rich man and Lazarus which was related by Jesus to his followers. This was generally the view of the medieval Church. Supporters of this view point to a key detail in the story: the use of a personal name (Lazarus) not found in any other parable. By contrast, in all of the other parables Jesus refers to a central character by a description, such as "a certain man", "a sower", and so forth. Critics of this view point out that "The "soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18); "For dust you are and to dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:19). Paul (1 Thessalonians
Parables of Jesus the Minas (Luke 19:12-27) and Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). A book is devoted to the exploration of these differences which reveal to readers God's expectations of Christians regarding their time (the minas in Luke 19) and their talents (the large sums of money in Matthew 25). A number of parables have parallels in non-canonical gospels, the Didache, and the letters of Apostolic Fathers. However, given that the non-canonical gospels generally have no time sequence, this table is not a Gospel harmony. Parables of Jesus The Parables of Jesus can be found in the synoptic gospels, in some of