Thus, for instance, in the account of the healings in Peter's house and of the paralytic, in the relation of the parables of Mark iv.
Then the three rejoin and proceed together, Matthew being thrown out by the way in which he has collected the parables into a single chapter, and Luke later by the place which he has assigned to the incident at Nazareth.
To the same period belong other parables that contain larger ideas than the Jewish Messiah of the first generation could entertain.
These parablesand others of like tenor, do not belong to the first layer of Messianic tradition, but to the second deposit made by the Apostle Paul.
The Parables are so re-told as to absorb the attention of the reader, and to fasten upon the mind what the writer believes to have been the impression the Saviour meant to convey.
But did Christendom ever deify the man of the Beatitudes, the relator of the parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son, the friend of publicans and sinners?
These and other parables are deprived of their dangerous moral tendency by being removed from the ethical category, and made to convey lessons of a different kind.
These are parables which we have set forth for men--Q.
There are twoparables about prayer--the friend at midnight and the unjust judge.
Also, the parables of the lost sheep, the lost piece of silver, and the lost son.
Thus we also view the parables as symbols, which they were.
But some mention ought to be made of the old man at the entrance to the tennis ground who opened his mouth in parables on the subject of the fee for playing there.
But the thing went far deeper than fooling: it has been compared by Mr. Belloc to the gospel parables as a method of teaching and of illumination.
From fables to parables the transition is easy; and many of those found in the Talmud are exceedingly beautiful, and are calculated to cause even the most thoughtless to reflect upon his way of life.
Another of His parables concerning the Kingdom of Heaven disturbed them.
He added to the pleasures of the table by narrating parables and legends, by means of which He brought deep truths home to the people.
But she was incorrigible, and when she had twisted free she began again: "I took it upon myself to speak a few parables to Mr. Crocker the other day.
It pleases you to speak in parables this morning," I said.
Christ spoke in parables to convey and send home to the hearts of His hearers the truth, just as Nathan employed the parable of the lamb in the case of David to make him acknowledge his sin.
Robert And when Jesus had finished theseparables he departed to the other side of the lake.
Upon returning into Perea Jesus gave the "Three Parables of Grace.
These parables are here dwelt upon, for they are so frequently misunderstood and misapplied.
Our Lord mentions usury by name only in theparables of the talents and pounds.
The lesson in bothparables is the necessity of faithfulness.
In these parables the usurer is presented as a hard man, exacting that which he has not earned and to which he has no right.
To quote from these parables in the defense of usury is as flagrant a perversion of the truth as the famous quotation to prove that Paul encouraged theft.
The lessons of these parables are in entire harmony with the law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets and Nehemiah.
These servants in the parables were slaves, who owed their service to their master and for whom he was responsible.
It is instructive in connection with this inwardness of Jesus' life to recall the rich familiarity with the whole world of nature which appears in hisparables and other teachings.
It was when such as these were pressing upon him to hear him that Jesus replied to the criticism of the scribes in the three parables of recovered treasure which stand among the rarest gems of the Master's teaching (Luke xv.
This lesson of patience and expectancy is enforced in a group of parables preserved for us in Matthew (chap.
It also gave him opportunity to say in three significant parables (Matt.
When the teaching of the sermon and the parables is compared with Jesus' self-assertion in his replies to pharisaic criticism and blasphemy, the difference is striking.
Matthew has taken them out of their true context to associate them with the other parables of his group; yet in popular teaching it must be recognized that illustrations are most likely to be repeated in different situations.
Some of the parables of Luke's peculiar section may belong to the Galilean ministry, and even to the earlier stages of it.
In particular on theParables see references in sect.
These have none of the enigmatic character; the parables of the last days of Jesus' life also seem to have been simple and clear to his hearers.
This is the spirit, they tell us, which dwelt in his bosom, who gave us the parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
But secondly, know for certain, that the things signified by parables are wonderful realities.
But it may be thou wilt say, All that hath been spoken to in this discourse is but a parable, and parables are no realities.
In parables there are two things to be taken notice of, and to be inquired into of them that read.
Let us look then, for one thing, at the parables spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ.
What did the Lord mean when He spoke the parables of the friend at midnight and the importunate widow?
The truth in the parables is what they mean, not what they say; and so it is, I think, with Rob of the Angels' stories.
But tell me, Alister, do you believe the parables of our Lord?
For example, we owe to Him the three supreme parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son, as well as those of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the Temple; and of the good Samaritan.
The remembrance of the intention of the parables explains their incompleteness as a statement of what people call 'the way of salvation.
They are not two editions of one parable variously manipulated by the Evangelists, but they are two parables presenting two kindred and yet diverse aspects of one truth.
His miracles of bodily healing are parables of that higher miracle.
The two parables in this passage are each prefaced by Luke's explanation of their purpose.
Unequal faithfulness, I say, because, of course, in both parables it is presupposed that the factor in producing the profit is not any accidental circumstance, but the earnestness and faithfulness of the servant.
The purpose of the three parables in this chapter has to be kept in mind.
The miracle and the two parables are aimed straight at their errors.
According to this chapter, the whole of the profoundparables concerning the kingdom of God had immediately preceded the embarkation.
The statement of His reason for the use of parables is startling.
It slays that which is slaying us, for our sins destroy in us the true life of a man, and make us but parables of walking death.
If our eyes were opened to the suggestions of common life, we should find in them many parables and reminders of high matters.
The parables of the kingdom of heaven are planned on the same grand scale.
But they are signs in another sense, being, as it were, parables as well as miracles, and representing on the lower plane of material things the effects of His working on men's spirits.
His parables were like himself and his surroundings, and were never strained, fantastic, pedantic, or artificial.
It is noticeable that after the Holy Ghost had been given, fewer parables were used, and the saints were more plainly taught of God.
Our Lord's parables were as simple as tales for children, and as naturally beautiful as the lilies which sprang up in the valleys where he taught the people.
To my mind it seems clear that certain of his parables were facts and, consequently, anecdotes.
Are not the stories of the Old Testament the parables of the Holy Ghost?
Parables I spake in; parables in act I wrought Because the people's mind was in the sense.
Both parables are intimately connected with the judgment, and indicate the broad basis on which it will be conducted.
It is from this law that all our Lord's parables and miracles derive their significance.
All the parables and miracles of our Lord, full of instruction as to heart and life, point, like so many guideposts, to this great central truth of man's experience and existence.
All the parables and miracles aim at nothing higher than to prepare the minds and hearts of the people to do, in an enlightened way, the things commanded and taught in that wonderful sermon.
Y: And such are theParables We set forth for mankind, but only those understand them who have knowledge.
Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.
So Allah sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition.
Y: To each one We set forth Parables and examples; and each one We broke to utter annihilation (for their sins).
S: Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would certainly have seen it falling down, splitting asunder because of the fear of Allah, and We set forth these parables to men that they may reflect.
And Allah sets forth parables for men that they may be mindful.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parables" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
