The from in which we have the teaching of Jesus is an edited from. Here the author's aim is to go back to the oldest discoverable form in which Jesus told his parables. We see the early Christians interpreting these great stories in order to relate them to their own circumstances-but the investigation makes a creative use of all available knowledge of the original, Palestinian environment" By such methods the original message of the parables, dramatically proclaiming the Day of Salvation to disciples and opponents, can be recovered. It is like the restoration of an old master's painting. This paperback is a version of a larger work on The Parables of Jesus, abbreviated in accordance with the wish of Professor Jeremias to reach a wider circle of readers, specially those who do not know Greek.