Parable

Parable

A parable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or (sometimes) a normative principle. It differs from a fable in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human characters. It is a type of analogy.

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Famous quotes containing the word parable:

    On every parable you ride to every truth.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
    Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 25:29.

    In the parable of the talents.

    Go and do likewise.
    Bible: New Testament, Luke 10:37.

    Jesus, after telling the parable of the Good Samaritan.