Is the parable of Lazarus a parable?

Rubiks said:

I guess the parable of the good Samaritan can't be a parable because no other parables mention Samaritans. </sarcasm>

See what I did there? You still need to demonstrate that containing a personal name means a story isn't a parable.

Finally, a search of "Lazarus" on BibleGateway shows that the name Lazarus is used only Luke and John. Luke uses it in the rich man story only. There no reason to think that they are the same person and no reason to think Luke's mention of "Lazarus" was meant to refer any individual that Jesus' audience would have known.

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Clearly, "Good Samaritan" is a general phrase used to denote people from a specific area. It is NOT the proper name of an individual so it would not be useful in your argument.

In Luke 11, Lazarus was the brother of Martha and was NOT the same Lazarus Luke speaks of in Luke 16.

As for Luke 16, and no one would know who Lazarus was is nothing more than your opinion. Jesus KNEW who he was.

The Rich man knew who he was.

The people who passed the rich mans gate knew who he was.

The rich mans dogs knew who he was.

The rich man servants knew who he was.

Now then, WHY would I need to "demonstrate" anything about this to anyone.

You either accept it or you reject it. I honestly do not care if you reject this teaching because its truth does not live or die on your need for a demonstration.

HypnoToad said:

I'm not sure why you think you are disagreeing with what I posted.

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If I read it incorrectly please forgive me.