Meaning of “parable”
Parable — (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophetic utterance (Num. 23:7; Ezek. 20:49), (3) an enigmatic saying (Ps. 78:2; Prov. 1:6). In the New Testament, (1) a proverb (Mark 7:17; Luke 4:23), (2) a typical emblem (Heb. 9:9; 11:19), (3) a similitude or allegory (Matt. 15:15; 24:32; Mark 3:23; Luke 5:36; 14:7); (4) ordinarily, in a more restricted sense, a comparison of earthly with heavenly things, "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning," as in the parables of our Lord. Instruction by parables has been in use from the earliest times. A large portion of our Lord's public teaching consisted of parables. He himself explains his reasons for this in his answer to the inquiry of the disciples, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?" (Matt. 13:13-15; Mark 4:11, 12; Luke 8:9, 10). He followed in so doing the rule of the divine procedures, as recorded in Matt. 13:13. The parables uttered by our Lord are all recorded in the synoptical (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The fourth Gospel contains no parable properly so called, although the illustration of the good shepherd (John 10:1-16) has all the essential features of a parable. (See List of Parables in Appendix.)
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Numbers Chapter 23 Verse 18 — And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: Numbers Chapter 23 Verse 7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 23 — And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 21 — And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 20 — And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 15 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 3 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Job Chapter 27 Verse 1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Job Chapter 29 Verse 1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Psalms Chapter 49 Verse 4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Psalms Chapter 78 Verse 2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Proverbs Chapter 26 Verse 9 — As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools. Proverbs Chapter 26 Verse 7 — The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. Lamentations Chapter 4 Verse 2 — The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Ezekiel Chapter 17 Verse 2 — Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; Ezekiel Chapter 20 Verse 49 — Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? Ezekiel Chapter 24 Verse 3 — And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: Micah Chapter 2 Verse 4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. Habakkuk Chapter 2 Verse 6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 53 — And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 36 — Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 34 — All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 33 — Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 18 — Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 13 — Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 10 — And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Matthew Chapter 15 Verse 15 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. Matthew Chapter 21 Verse 45 — And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. Matthew Chapter 21 Verse 33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: Matthew Chapter 22 Verse 1 — And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, Matthew Chapter 24 Verse 32 — Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: Mark Chapter 3 Verse 23 — And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? Mark Chapter 4 Verse 34 — But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. Mark Chapter 4 Verse 33 — And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. Mark Chapter 4 Verse 13 — And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? Mark Chapter 4 Verse 11 — And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: Mark Chapter 4 Verse 10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. Mark Chapter 4 Verse 2 — And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Mark Chapter 7 Verse 17 — And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. Mark Chapter 12 Verse 12 — And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. Mark Chapter 12 Verse 1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. Mark Chapter 13 Verse 28 — Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: Luke Chapter 5 Verse 36 — And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. Luke Chapter 6 Verse 39 — And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? Luke Chapter 8 Verse 10 — And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Luke Chapter 8 Verse 9 — And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
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