7 Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat ... 60 (He saw) a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. He said to his disciples, "(...) that person (...) around the lamb." ...

Moreover, all of the great themes of Jesus' preaching are struck in the parables. Perhaps no part of the Gospels, then, can better put us into touch with the mind of Jesus Christ than the parables.