From the Greek parabole (a placing beside, a comparison), a short fictional narrative that compares something familiar to an unexpected spiritual value Using a commonplace object or event to illustrate a religious principle was Jesus' typical method of teaching in the Synoptic Gospels (Matt 13: 3-53; 22: 1; 24: 32; Mark 4: 2-3; 13: 28; Luke 8: 4-18; 13: 18-21; 21: 29) Yet, a recurrent tradition held that Jesus used parables to prevent most of his hearers from understanding his message (Mark 4: 10-12; Matt 13: 10-15; Luke 8: 9-10) Famous Hebrew Bible parables or fables include Nathan's (2 Sam 12: 1-14), Isaiah's (Isa 5: 1-7), Jotham's (Judg 9: 7-21), Jehoash's (2 Kings 14: 8-10), and Ezekiel's (Ezek 17: 22-24; 24: 1-14), the last two of which are allegories
(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son
Story that illustrates a point of some kind, esp , a moral Parables in the Library the Parable of the Investor Parables I didn't write Parable from Ortega y Gasset's "Meditations on Quixote" The Parable of the Two Passengers, by Raphael Carter Note: some parables may belong to more than one category
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
{i} (Atasözü), short tale that teaches a moral lesson; riddle, enigma; allegory, symbolic story
A parable is a short story, which is told in order to make a moral or religious point, like those in the Bible. the parable of the Good Samaritan. a short simple story that teaches a moral or religious lesson, especially one of the stories told by Jesus in the Bible (parabole, from parabola , from parabole, from paraballein )
from the Greek, "to throw alongside;" an instructive metaphor in narrative form in which the images and/or characters of the story illustrate larger principles or ideas, usually intended to challenge or overturn the traditional perspectives or assumptions of the hearers Jesus and others like him used parables as a teaching device
A parable is a comparison drawn from nature or common experience in life designed to illustrate some moral or religious truth It is a common biblical form in Tanak and in the New Testament