{"id": "card_n_effe4bf87816", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Envy", "body": "A man kept a ledger of his neighbor's blessings. The ledger grew thick. His neighbor's house, his neighbor's wife, his neighbor's ox, his neighbor's days. He carried the ledger everywhere. He could not lift his own hand for the weight of someone else's bag.\n\nAsk yourself: Whose ledger are you carrying?\n\nRED — be honest. Thou shalt not covet (Ex 20:17). The weight in your hand may not even be yours.\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_ex_20_17", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "conservation_balance", "authority_trust", "RED"], "connections": [{"to_card_id": "card_k_spine_the_word", "relationship": "part_of", "evidence": "a seed of the Word"}], "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": "7da2c6c147eca9067408982238ffb20f1c059e595349e163c4704d48b06720bb", "call": "codex.parables", "facets": {"subject": ["RED", "authority_trust", "conservation_balance", "original", "parable", "teaching", "witness"]}, "presentation": {"glyph": "•", "kind_label": "parables", "by": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "authority": "operator", "posted": "", "standing": ""}, "neighbors": [{"id": "card_k_spine_the_word", "title": "The Word — special revelation, the other half of the floor", "relationship": "part of", "why": "a seed of the Word", "href": "/card/card_k_spine_the_word", "resolved": true}], "house": {"door": "FIND", "kind": "card", "trail": "connections", "seal": "/card/card_n_effe4bf87816", "next_step": {"do": "follow a connection: what this card rests on, and what rests on it", "door": "FIND", "tool": "card_connections", "params": {"id": "card_n_effe4bf87816"}}, "ends": "a verdict or a card · the trail · a seal · one next step"}}