Jesus used parables to teach about the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. However there was a deeper dynamic at work. The parables of Jesus challenge the conventional wisdom concerning who is good or evil, who is favored by God and who is punished, and who exercises real authority and those who rule by force fear or office . Jesus is dangerous because he troubles the comfortable. Jesus is the parable of God: that is Jesus saves not by the love of power but by the power of love - the cross.
