The Parables of Jesus
2025 • 10 tracks
Ten parables that trade explanation for immersion — the sower scattering seed with no guarantee of harvest, the builders choosing rock or sand, the kingdom hidden in something as small as a seed. Simple stories that Jesus used to say the deepest things, sung the same way.
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A whisper in the soil, a secret in the air
Something small begins and moves everywhere
A mustard seed in an open hand, almost lost to sight
Roots run deep in hidden rooms, branches find the light
And leaven folded in the dough where no one sees it move
Quiet as a mercy breath, it makes the whole thing new
From little into lasting, from quiet into known
The Kingdom moves through broken hearts until they're not alone
The Kingdom of Heaven closer than my breath
Growing through the places I thought were only death
Small beginnings, holy treasure, joy the world can't sell
The Kingdom in our midst Emmanuel
A treasure buried in a field stumbled on by grace
He hides it with a racing heart and sells his former place
A merchant with a thousand pearls sees one surpassing sun
He gives up all he ever owned to gain the priceless One
All I am, all I hold, I lay before Your light
To gain the pearl that never fades, I trade my other nights
I give it all for You for You
A net is cast beneath the waves where every current runs
It gathers all both kind and cruel as daybreak surely comes
The sorting on the shoreline waits, the final hands are sure
So teach me love the King today, and make my heart be pure
The Kingdom of Heaven closer than my breath
Growing through the places I thought were only death
I count the cost with joy unshaken: Jesus, take it all
You are Treasure, Pearl, and Net you are Lord of all
Small to great, unseen to seen your Kingdom come in meThere's joy that starts in heaven
when a single heart is found
A quiet light that fills the house
and turns it all around
A shepherd counts the mountains,
ninety-nine in place
One small voice is missing,
fading into space
He leaves the open pasture,
night wind on his face
Till love lifts up the wanderer and
carries him back safe
Oh,
the world keeps turning like no one
ever knew
But heaven shouts a hallelujah when
one comes back to You
Lost and found Your mercy's running
out to me
Over hills and rivers,
through the thorns and on the sea
When I couldn't make a sound,
Your kindness called me home
I was lost and now I'm found
A woman lights a lantern,
sweeping every side
Searching for the silver that
somehow slipped to hide
She finds the gleam she's missing,
and neighbors hear her sing
Come share my joy this evening for
the coin I couldn't bring
Little things forgotten in the
cracks along the floor
Your love will cross the darkness
and open every door
Lost and found Your mercy's running
out to me
Over hills and rivers,
through the thorns and on the sea
When I couldn't make a sound,
Your kindness called me home
I was lost and now I'm found
I took my share of daylight,
spent it on the night
Hungry in a far land with nothing
left but pride
I turned my face to homeward,
rehearsed a servant's plea
But You ran out to meet me,
and put Your robe on me
A ring upon my finger,
sandals on my feet
Begin the feast of mercy;
my son is home with Me
And to the field-worn brother whose
anger fills the room
All I have is with you won't you
share this joy, this tune
Lost and found Your mercy's running
out to me
Over hills and rivers,
through the thorns and on the sea
When I couldn't make a sound,
Your kindness called me home
I was lost and now I'm found
Hallelujah, I'm foundA question on the hillside: How do I
find life
And who is my neighbor on this
narrow road tonight
A traveler drops on Jericho's hard
and empty ground
Robbed and left in silence where
only echoes sound
A priest walks by at distance a
Levite too moves on
The shadows pass like strangers and
mercy's window's gone
But love crosses borders we draw
with fear and pride
A foreign heart grows nearer and
kneels at wounded side
Be my neighbor on the road when I
fall and when I'm cold
Bind my bleeding with Your wine and
oil of soul
Lift me to Your feast of grace pay
the cost I could not owe
Teach me mercy Son of Man on the
road to Jericho
A Samaritan an enemy in every story
told
Stops beneath the burning sun his
kindness taking hold
He pours the oil and wine he lifts
with careful hands
He pays the keeper's wages till the
healing understands
Not Who qualifies for love but Will
I be a friend
The question turns and finds my
heart begin again
Be my neighbor on the road when I
fall and when I'm cold
Bind my bleeding with Your wine and
oil of soul
Lift me to Your feast of grace pay
the cost I could not owe
Teach me mercy Son of Man on the
road to Jericho
If perfect love is law fulfilled
then who can bear its weight
I need the Merciful to rescue me and
make me mercy's face
So change my eyes to see the one I'd
rather pass
And make me move toward brokenness
like You have moved to us
Be my neighbor on the road when I
fall and when I'm cold
Jesus pour Your wine and oil on my
soul
Lift me with Your rugged love pay
the debt I could not know
Then send me saying Go and do on the
road to Jericho
Be my neighbor on the road when I
fall and when I'm cold
Jesus pour Your wine and oil on my
soul
Lift me with Your rugged love pay
the debt I could not know
Then send me saying Go and do on the
road to Jericho
A question on the hillside turns
into a life
Love has crossed the border;
teach me how to riseIn the hush between the heartbeats,
You are sowing in the dark
Tiny mercies on the pathways,
in the thorns, and in the hard
Some words fall on the roadway;
pigeons circle, then they're gone
Some spark on shallow feelings,
but there's no root to hold on
Some grow among the briars,
choked by worries we obey
But some fall into open ground and
rise to meet the day
I've been the road,
I've been the rock,
I've been the tangled vine
Make me the field that drinks the
rain and gives the harvest time
Sow Your love in me
Where I can't yet see,
still let it be
When I sleep and rise,
let mystery bring the green
Sow Your love in me
The farmer closes weary eyes;
the midnight takes his hand
The earth moves quiet,
blade to head,
by more than he can plan
He doesn't know the how of it only
that life will be
So teach my restless soul to trust
the work I cannot see
Sow Your love in me
Where I can't yet see,
still let it be
When I sleep and rise,
let mystery bring the green
Sow Your love in me
An enemy has sown at night there's
shadow in the rows
We beg to pull the sorrow up,
but You say, Let them grow
At harvest I will sort the field;
the truth will shine like gold
So give me patient, faithful hands,
and keep my heart Your own
Sow Your love in me
Cut the thorns and set the captive
free
When morning fires the sky and
angels glean the sea
Gather me in peace
Sow Your love in me
In the hush after the heartbeat,
I am open ground
Word of Life, come downThere's a quiet in the evening and a
whisper in the flame
I'm listening for the footsteps
calling out my name
Ten candles in the doorway where the
midnight winds are cold
Some carried oil inside their
hearts, some only carried gold
The cry came through the darkness
Now the Bridegroom draws so near
Five lamps were burning steady
light, and five fell short of here
So keep the little light I've given,
keep it warm and bright
The door is opening any hour of
night
Keep the lamp, keep the watch
Fill it with Your love till the
shadows drop
When the world grows still and the
stars lean in
Let me be awake when You come again
A master left his household and he
set a steward's care
To give their food in season and to
tend with patient prayer
But some began to beat the ones they
promised they would feed
I want to be the faithful heart that
serves in word and deed
Not for the praise of passing days,
but for the joy to see
The Master smile and call my name
You've watched and waited Me
Keep the lamp, keep the watch
Fill it with Your love till the
shadows drop
When the world grows still and the
stars lean in
Let me be awake when You come again
Like a thief without a warning,
like the sudden break of light
You will step across the threshold
of our ordinary night
Teach my soul the simple posture
steady hands and open eyes
Let my lamp be trimmed and burning
when the Bridegroom splits the skies
Keep the lamp, keep the watch
Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop
If the midnight call is on the wind
Find me wide awake when You come
again
Keep the lamp, keep the watch
Fill it with Your love till the
shadows drop
If the midnight call is on the wind
Find me wide awake when You come
again
There's a quiet in the evening and a
whisper in the flame
I'm waiting with a watchful heart
till You call my nameWhile the Master's away,
He leaves the keys
A weight of gold, a word like seed
He called us to the courtyard,
placed five, two, one in hand
Trade till I return," He said "work
the hope I planned.
Some hearts ran to market with the
mercy they were shown
And brought Him back a doubled love
that never was their own
Not for fear of being broken but for
love of hearing Well done
While the Master's away,
I'll be faithful with Your light
Turn the morning into bread for
hungry lives
When You stand in the gate and the
long road ends
Let me bring You what was Yours
multiplied again
A mina to each servant,
Do business till I reign
The city sent its hatred,
but He still would wear the name
One wrapped the trust in linen,
hid it from the day
Master,
here's the thing You gave;
I kept it put away
But love is not a napkin and hope is
not a hole
While the Master's away,
I'll be faithful with Your light
Turn the morning into bread for
hungry lives
When You stand in the gate and the
long road ends
Let me bring You what was Yours
multiplied again
You give according to our frame,
and You praise the heart that moves
Five or two,
it's faithfulness not numbers that
You choose
But evil,
slothful fear will bury grace
beneath the ground
So wake me to Your kingdom work
until the trumpet sounds
While the Master's away,
I'll be faithful with Your light
Turn the morning into bread for
hungry lives
When You stand in the gate and the
long road ends
Let me bring You what was Yours
multiplied again
Well done enter in
While the Master's away,
teach my hands to stay
Till the King comes home to reignGold on the table, grain in the dark
Counting the comfort,
covering the heart
He looked across his crowded barns
and said, I need them higher
I'll pull them down and build again,
and keep the years from fire
Soul, take your ease eat, drink,
be glad
The future's in my hands
But midnight spoke his hidden name
Tonight your soul is required
What profit fills a quiet room if
love is kept outside
What shall I bring beyond the veil
when all I held has died
Teach me to be rich toward God
To break the bread and lift the cup
of love
If all my barns are ash and fraud
Hold me, Jesus make me rich in God
A doorway split a little world: fine
linen, purple wine
And Lazarus lay by the gate with
hunger in his eyes
The tables turned at eventide one
carried to Abraham
The other cried across the gulf for
water in his hand
He begged for just a drop of grace,
a messenger to warn
But there's a chasm no one cross
And truth was told each morn
If they won't hear Moses and the
Prophets
No louder sign will do
Open my ears before the night
Let mercy make me new
Close the distance at my gate
Lay Lazarus on my heart
Break the chains of shining things
That hold my hands apart
Teach me to be rich toward God
To set a table where Your poor are
loved
When all my barns are ash and sod
Hold me, Jesus make me rich in God
Gold on the table fades like a spark
Love is the treasure that follows
the darkI drew a line along the shore,
where sand remembers none
I framed a dream with easy hands,
and called the drifting home
The sky was blue, the air was soft,
I thought I'd found my place
But winds can turn a whisper sharp
and waves erase a face
I heard a voice on higher ground,
a Cornerstone to stand
Build your life on what I say,
not castles made of sand
So stone by stone I learned Your
words, like music through the rain
And under every trembling board,
Your mercy held the frame
When thunder names our weakness and
lightning shows our flaws
Your faithful bedrock answers with
love that keeps its laws
Build me on the Rock of Your word
Where storms break loud but hearts
hold firm
When rivers rise and nights run long
Keep this house with living stone
and song
Build me on the Rock of Your word
I tried to brace the windows when
the ocean pulled the nails
I prayed to all my empty gifts to
bargain with the gales
The floor gave way beneath my feet I
reached for more of me
But only You could hold me fast and
set the footing free
I'll write Your truth on every beam,
Your name on every door
So when the rain remembers us,
it finds a stronger floor
And if I ever love in sand,
forgetting how to stay
Come call me back to higher ground
and teach my heart to say
Not just Lord, Lord in fair weather
But hear and do in storm together
Build me on the Rock of Your word
Where storms break loud but hearts
hold firm
When rivers rise and nights run long
Keep this house with living stone
and song
Build me on the Rock of Your word
If love is only sand and shine
Then let it learn Your faithful time
If fears come knocking at the frame
I'll answer with Your holy name
The wind and waves still hear Your
voice
We stand because You gave the choice
Build me on the Rock of Your word
Where storms break loud but hearts
hold firm
Through every flood and final dawn
Keep this house with living stone
and song
Build me on the Rock of Your wordI saved you a seat at the table
tonight
Candles and white,
your name in the light
The King has sent the letters out,
the doors are open wide
The music's on, the meal is warm,
the joy is hard to hide
But fields and rings and business
calls can pull a heart away
I'm standing by the doorway now,
I only want to say
Say yes to the light,
say yes to the love
Slip on the garment grace has sewn
for us
Hold out your hands,
let all the old fall off
Come take your place my heart is at
the banquet of God
Say yes to the light
They wandered in from highways where
the lonely evenings start
The broken and the beautiful,
the ache in every heart
He looked at me and smiled like
dawn, I've kept a place for you
He wrapped me in white mercy and I
finally felt it true
No earning and no ladders just a
door that opens wide
No payment but Your presence,
and the joy of being bride
Say yes to the light,
say yes to the love
Slip on the garment grace has sewn
for us
Hold out your hands,
let all the old fall off
Come take your place my heart is at
the banquet of God
Say yes to the light
Don't let the excuses steal the song
from your mouth
Don't let a busy field trade forever
for now
If love is calling,
let it carry you in
Where every no you ever heard is
answered with Come in.
Say yes to the light,
say yes to the love
Slip on the garment grace has sewn
for us
I'll meet you there,
where every tear is soft
Come take your place our names are
on the banquet of God
Say yes to the light
I saved you a seat at the table
tonight
Candles and white,
your name in the lightThere's a hush across the water,
a promise in the rain
I have walked a long and lonely
road, listening for Your name
You said the night would open and
the Son of Man would rise
With angels like a river and a mercy
in His eyes
You'd gather all the nations and
uncover what we've sown
And love would speak the truest
word: I've always called you known
If love is more than feeling more
than fires that fade
Then teach my hands the everyday;
make mercy how I'm made
When the King says, Come,
you blessed,
I will never be the same
When Love crosses over glory and
calls my name
In the quiet of Your kindness,
all my fear becomes a flame
I will know You when I hear You call
my name
You were hungry at my doorway,
thirsty at the well
A stranger needing shelter from the
weather where I dwell
You were naked, sick,
in prison and I almost missed Your
face
But whatever you did to these,
You counted it as grace
If faith is more than language more
than songs I sing
Let my life be bread and wine to
You, my hidden King
When the King says, Come,
you blessed,
I will answer to that Name
When Love lifts the broken morning
and calls my name
Hold me steady in Your goodness
through the sorrow and the rain
I will know You when I hear You call
my name
There's a Net beneath the waters,
drawing every heart to shore
There's a wedding in the morning
where the tears will be no more
Dress my soul in righteousness,
the garment grace has sewn
Take my hand and lead me in I'm
finally coming home
When the King says, Come,
you blessed,
I will answer to Your Name
When Love writes forever and calls
my name
Let me live the love of heaven
mercy, truth, and grace
Till the trumpet breaks the silence
and the world is not the same
When Love comes in quiet glory and
calls my name
There's a hush across the water;
I can almost hear the flame
I will know You when I hear You call
my name