the role of the lukan parables in terms of the purpose of luke's gospel

comes to a conclusion that conversion in Luke-Acts is a transformation of conceptual scheme
by which life is reordered. For him this is also concerned with the eschatological context of
conversion by the role of the Spirit toward conversion. What is more, having studied
conversion in Acts, he also comes to the same conclusion that “conversion is the transference
of one’s orienting allegiances which gives rise to and is confirmed in community-nested
practices appropriate to those new allegiances and which opens the way to ongoing
transformation as one comes more fully to embrace and indwell this new life-world.” 45
Conversion is redirecting one’s life in order to serve only one master, and at the same time,
this requires loyalty in all things. 46
Conversion by Green is well explicated as a
transformation of conceptual scheme by which life is reoriented in the service to the purpose
of God. In the light of this, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the theme of conversion
is one of the major theological themes of the Lukan parables, and is, furthermore, in
consonance with the theme of conversion in Luke’s theology that runs through Luke-Acts.
I have showed here that the theological themes of the Lukan Parables can be subsumed
under four broad categories: the marginalized, wealth and possessions, prayer and conversion.
I have especially tried to show that these themes are noticeably consistent with those found
throughout the Gospel. From the results given above, we now need to group the themes and
build a topic which unites all of them. In the chapters that follow, this topic will be dealt with
in detail.
45. Green, “Doing Repentance: The Formation of Disciples in the Acts of the Apostles,” 7, 19.
46. Green, The Theology of the Gospel of Luke, 107-108, views the concept of repentance as the redirection of
one’s heart and life toward the purpose of God.
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