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:

    “Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    “I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.”
    —Bible: New Testament Luke, 16:3.

    The unjust steward in the Parable of the Unjust Steward.

    “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
    —Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 25:21.

    Here and in 25:23, said to the two “profitable servants” in the parable of the talents.