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This Paper is to be focused on the DIFFERENT MEANINGS and INTERPRETATIONS of the PARABLE.
The point of the paper is to research the parable and answer this question: What did this parable mean when it was written? or another way of asking that is What did this parable mean in its original context?
NOTE: This is not a sermon or a paper about how to apply this now. It is a paper about what the parable meant when it was spoken/written almost 2000 years ago. Here are some questions that might help you: Who was Jesus speaking to? (the disciples? the Pharisees? the crowd? someone else? all of these?) What do we need to know about the ancient culture in order to understand this parable? (shepherds, agriculture, etc.) Does this parable connect to the bigger emphases in this gospel, which is Jesus as the King of the Jews? What is the main message or messages of the parable?
The paper should be 5 pages, double-spaced. Cite sources using Chicago Manual of Style footnotes.