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Writer Zhubin Parang offers a comedic sketch in response to Luke 8:17 and the theme of "Lies."

Luke 8:17

Lies

By 

Zhubin Parang

Credits: 

Curated by: 

Michael Markham

2013

Comedy Sketch

Image by Giorgio Trovato

Primary Scripture

But your iniquities have separated you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood,
and your fingers with iniquity.
Your lips have spoken lies.
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
No one sues in righteousness,
and no one pleads in truth.
They trust in vanity,
and speak lies.
They conceive mischief,
and give birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 59:2-4

This sketch is inspired by Luke 8:17: "For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad" (KJV). A couple who is pressed to disclose all their financial assets for the sake of their son learns this the hard way.

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The Artist's Reflection

Zhubin Parang is an Emmy award-winning writer for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. His writing has been featured in McSweeney’s, The Onion, and The Morning News, and can be found at www.zhubinparang.com.



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