{"id": "card_n_d346f6fb05a9", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Grace to others", "body": "An elder brother stayed in the field while the younger spent the inheritance and returned. The father killed the calf for the younger and threw a feast. The elder stood outside, refusing to enter. The father came out: 'Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, for thy brother was dead, and is alive again.' The elder brother's debt was paid; the question was whether he would receive what was already his.\n\nAsk yourself: Are you standing outside a feast you have been invited to?\n\nRED — be honest. Grace given to others is not subtracted from grace given to you.\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_lk_15_29", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "authority_trust", "conservation_balance", "RED"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "9a026796dff5026d9378cf7b3757166017d409b7b25b73c3970aff4928bec883"}