The Words of Jesus #18

Why was Jesus so hard to understand at times? Oh, there were times when he was clear as crystal, and we just don’t like what he said, but there are other times when he is not clear at all. Jesus, like any good communicator used all the various devices, analogies, illustrations, stories, comparisons, etc. But he had another tool that he used frequently that is not so well understood. He used allegories. You have read Jesus’s allegories, haven’t you? No? Oh well, you probably know them by the Greek word for them: parables. I remember a Sunday school class