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In this study, the author shows how shocking, disturbing and even subversive the parables of Jesus must have seemed to those who first heard them. He recounts how the plots of the parables involve mugging, murder, family quarrels and sudden death. They feature foreigners, tax collectors, crooks, spiteful peasnats and lazy, dishonest and discontented employees. Clearly, they are not children's bedtime stories, or moralistic example stories. Drawing on plentiful illustrations from novels, poems and sermons, the authors aim is that the authentic voice of Jesus may be heard as clearly as possible in our present world.
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