A reading from the First Book of the Maccabees
1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63
there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes,
son of King Antiochus, once...
Context and Theme
The context in which Jesus tells this parable is important for understanding what the parable itself means. The Gospel’s narrator reveals that...
