Category:Parables

Parable: - any one of the stories told by Jesus Christ to illustrate, compare, teach, or convey an allegory using a familiar event that had a deeper meaning and explained a concept that could be more easily understood. - a short story that uses familiar events to illustrate a religious or ethical point.

Jesus' Use of Parables: Matthew 13:34 - 13:35 Mark 4:33 - 4:34

Par"a*ble, a. Etym: [l. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.]

Defn: procurable. [obs.] Sir t. Browne.

Parable Par"a*ble, n. Etym: [f. parabole, l. parabola, fr. Gr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, gland, palaver, parabola, parley, parabole, symbol.]

Defn: a comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matthew 13:36

Syn. -- see allegory, and note under apologue.

Parable Par"a*ble, v. t.

Defn: to represent by parable. [r.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.