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In the Gospel according to John, Jesus never speaks in parables as he does in the synoptic  gospels but uses similes and images to communicate his message. He says, for example, 'I am  the true shepherd'; 'I am the light of the world'; 'I am the bread of life' and today we have  heard him use the image of the vine: 'I am the true vine.' Today, the vine and the vineyards have only meaning as an economic value; it was not so  in Jesus' time.