From Mark 4:1-20 We've grown up with these stories. Maybe you heard them in Sunday school, colored pictures of them, or watched the VeggieTales version. But here's what Dallas Willard wrote in his book on the parables of Jesus: "Jesus was the brightest man and the most capable and creative teacher who has ever lived. Please don't let anyone make a simpleton of him." These aren't children's tales. These aren't Aesop's fables. They are something far richer and stranger and more