Christianity retold
The Two Debtors is based on Luke 7: 41-43
I nearly put this parable in Parables That Don’t Need Retelling, so – no, not necessarily. Money lenders and debt still exist, as I mentioned in the commentary on The Unforgiving Debtor. But the way we handle that debt has changed enough that we might need to retell this parable.
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The Two Debtors is based on Luke 7: 41-43
“Two people owed money to the same friend. One owed £50,000; the other owed £5,000. But neither of them could pay their friend the money they owed. Cost-of living crises, unexpected emergencies – there was always too much month at the end of the money.
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The Big Parade is based on Matthew 25:1-12
This was one of the first parables I ever saw ‘retold’ – a minor updating for children, replacing the oil lamps with more modern torches (‘flashlights’ in US English). The oil that was carried by five of the girls became spare batteries.
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God’s nation will be like ten girls from a girl’s marching band who were in the welcome parade for a royal visit. Now, five of them were thoughtless and five of them were sensible. The five thoughtless ones left their enormous flags in the band’s van, the five sensible ones took their flags with them.
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