While Jesus was with his disciples and went around teaching to all the crowds who came to hear him, He often spoke in parables.  A parable isn't a true story, it's a story that Jesus made up to teach a lesson.

Have you ever heard of the story of Goldie Locks and the Three Bears?  How about the Three Little Pigs?  These stories are easy to remember, just like a parable.  Jesus told them so the people would remember them.

The difference between children's stories and parables is that children's s...

This next parable started with a man asking Jesus a question.  The man who asks Jesus a question is very smart and was maybe trying to trick Jesus and see if he was a good teacher or not.  This is what he asked, "Teacher, what should I do so I can go to Heaven and live forever?"

Jesus replied, "What is written in the Bible?  What do you think?"  The man answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself."

"That...

God promised Abram and his wife Sarai that one day they would be parents, even though they were old and had no children.

God wasn't sure that Abram understood.  So that night He took him outside, and said, "Do you see all the stars that are in the sky"?  When Abram looked up, the whole night sky was full of stars,  so many in fact that he would never be able to ...

Does everyone remember the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors?  This story takes place many, many years after Joseph - actually it happened about 200 years later!

The people who were from the family of Joseph were called Israelites or Hebrews.  As it happens there were more and more Israelites than ever before.  The Israelites had children, and their children had children and soon there was too many to count.

Most of the Israelites lived in Egypt where there were also a lot of people c...