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Paul transforms a tribal story, of kings, land, and the purity of one group of people, into a global story of God's grace and peace to all nations. As famously confusing as Paul's letters are, if we keep this in mind, a lot of what Paul says will make more sense—such as the following.
- Peter Enns
The New Testament story is, in other words, one big act of wisdom—a response to God's surprising presence here and now.
- Peter Enns
Then we have the Gospel of John, the odd man out. John's story of Jesus is so out of step with the others that it is sometimes hard to see how he could be talking about the same person.
- Peter Enns
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
- Genesis 37:6
and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Samuel 23:25
And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 2:25
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
- Matthew 13:1
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
- Matthew 13:3
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
- Matthew 22:1
Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
- Mark 4:30
Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.
- Mark 5:16
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Mark 12:1