Parable of the Rich Man and His Butler (part 1)

There was once a rich and powerful man. He had a son-- his only son-- whom he loved the most. And his son loved him as much as he was loved by his father.

They went out of the country and took with them street children from a very poor dusty country full of suffering.

The rich man planned to adopt the street children to be his sons and his only son approved of it because he loved them as much.

When their faithful butler who was serving them from the beginning heard of this, he became jealous and he hated his master. He told his fellow servants about what he felt and convinced one third of the master's servants about his ploy.

When their master heard of their plan of rebellion, he called his other servants to fight against the butler and his minions. They defeated the butler and had him thrown outside their country.

The angry butler wanted to hurt his master so he enticed the street children to come with him. They were not aware that the butler was banished from the rich man's presence so they followed the butler ignorantly rebelled against the rich man.

The butler and his minions made slaves out of the street children. They made them suffer. They also blinded them with fun so that they would love what they were doing. Some of them didn't like how the butler treated them. They tried hard to escape but they could not.

The butler called the rich man. He wanted revenge so he asked him for a ransom to save the street children. The rich man offered him his riches but his butler would not accept them. So the butler asked the rich man to give his one and only son in behalf of the street children. He agreed with the butler. His son also willingly submitted himself to his father's will because he loved his father and the street children.

The next day, the father brought his son to the butler. Right there and then, the butler beat up, wounded, lashed, slaughtered, crucified and burned the son in front of the father.

Now some street children saw what happened to the rich man's son. They mourned for him but to their surprise, he lived again. The son told them that he will go ahead to prepare his home for them so that they can follow him. He promised that he will return to totally destroy the butler by crushing his head. So before he left, he commissioned his witnesses to tell the others what he and his father had done for them.

So the street children told the others that they were already freed by the son. Some believed them but some of them loved to be with the butler and did to them the same thing the butler did to the rich man's son. Some, however were able to go home to the father because they believed the witnesses and they became sons of the rich man.