... audience of Luke would have listened to the stories through the oral tradition of the time. Robert C. Tannehill, the author of the Abingdon New Testament Commentary on Luke, believes the 1st century audience was a group of Churches of diverse social composition with varied ethnic and religious backgrounds, social ... give the Pharisee another more intimate and personal look. Tannehill states, "the parable provides an imaginative bridge leading hearers to judge a situation from a new angle." Jesus" motive is to reveal a different way of thinking to Simon in the hopes that he would unders...

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