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Out of 38 parables in the gospels, 16 of them dealt with money.
This is incorrect. Just read the parables and you will see that out of 46 (which do include a couple duplicates), only 15 mention money and this is even a stretch. The Parable of the Lost Coin is not about money. The Parable of the Prodigal Son is not about money. Jesus used money in some parables AS the parable. A parable is an analogy of a real story so if money is used as the parable then money is not the focus of the true event Jesus is trying to get us to understand. If the items in the parable were the actual items Jesus was speaking to, it wouldn't be a parable; it would be a discourse.
In the Parable of the Lost Coin, the coin is a child of God who has turned away. Luke 15:10 clarifies this: "Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." It's not a story about finding wealth. In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the story as a whole is about forgiveness and God's unconditional love, not about blowing through a large amount of money and expecting to be welcomed upon your return.
The 16/38 ration is a regurgitation of an apparently misunderstanding John MacArthur gives (p. 418 of his commentary on Matthew 1-7). I am not sure how he arrived at this number because it is entirely wrong.
However, if you want to state that 15 out of an approximate 46 (many are in debate over the precise number) mention money, go right ahead but then you might as well mention that 18 have to do with food or farming and since that is more it must be more prominent.
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