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Study the main themes in Jesus' parables and see why he used them as the primary vehicle for his message. What's Next? Learn More. Share Download. Study Notes Script. German Deutsch. Hungarian Magyar. Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia. Italian Italiano. Norwegian Norsk. Polish Polski. Swahili Kiswahili. Swedish Svenska. BibleProject Podcast. Parables are a common tool, even today, for teaching morals through short stories.
But is this how Jesus used them? Listen On:. How to Listen. Episodes Related. Episode 1. Sign Up. Style: MLA. English Language Learners Definition of parable. Kids Definition of parable. Get Word of the Day daily email! Test Your Vocabulary. Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
Love words? Need even more definitions? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms The same, but different. A Parable is a short story used to teach a lesson of truth through comparison or contrast. The hearer or reader can easily understand the short story and remember it. The reader or hearer can then easily understand the meaning of the doctrine or principle by illustration and understand how it works, and the point that the teacher wants to teach. Bible Parables will almost always employ the use Bible symbols in the story to give a deeper meaning to the parable, Parables and Bible Symbols are connected and the reader must know how to use Bible Symbols in order to fully understand Parables.
A Parable is like a Symbol in that there is a surface or obvious meaning but also there is also a deeper meaning that conveys doctrine that is associated with the parable and requires some additional thought and study. Jesus used parables to transmit doctrine, to teach the people.
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