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Parable
CategoryLiterary Term / Theological Term
Modern Equivalenta short illustrative story with a deeper spiritual meaning.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA short narrative set in familiar everyday life, used to illustrate a spiritual or moral truth. Christ's use of parables fulfilled OT prophecy and served the dual purpose of revealing truth to those with hearts to receive it, while concealing it from the hardened. He spoke more than thirty parables recorded in the Gospels.
Key Verses"And he spake many things unto them in parables." (Matthew 13:3); "Without a parable spake he not unto them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet." (Matthew 13:34–35)