as in allegory
a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life
the parable in which the repentant sinner is compared to the returning prodigal son who is welcomed home
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Jesus loved to use parables to teach his disciples.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
The parables are amazing crowd work, almost joke-telling, right?
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
Her responses are often rooted in Biblical parables and invoking of the Christian God.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
In a surrealist landscape with plenty of absurdist plotting, Bella and Peter are saved by love and self-determination in their own parables of discovery.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
The parables are amazing crowd work, almost joke-telling, right?
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
Her responses are often rooted in Biblical parables and invoking of the Christian God.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
In a surrealist landscape with plenty of absurdist plotting, Bella and Peter are saved by love and self-determination in their own parables of discovery.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
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“Parable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parable. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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