Story involving plausible characters and situations meant to illustrate a moral point.
a story which challenges the preconceptions of the audience and, thus, invites them to adopt a totally different view of the world (and God); Mark says Jesus used these so people would not understand him.
A short story that teaches truth or a moral lesson through allegory.
A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"
a brief allegory that is used to teach a moral lesson
a brief tale illustrating a moral principle
a comparison, an illustration or an analogy
a comparison of some real life situation to a divine truth
a "cultural story illustrating theological truths" or in more simplier terms it is an "earthly story with a heavenly meaning
a fable, a short story or song meant to teach a moral or lesson, but with a twist that forces the listener think
a fictional short story intended to communicate some truth
a fictional story designed to communicate a single message by way of analogy
a fictitious but true-to-life story designed to teach a specific spiritual, philosophical, or life lesson
a figure of Speech in which a moral and spiritual truth is illustrated in a story setting taken from the analogies of ones everyday life and experiences
a hypothetical story made available to everybody
a lesson of comparisons, moving from the known in order to explain the unknown
a little anecdote or a case of supposed history, designed to illustrate some truth
a little story which illustrates a truth
a method of teaching using a comparison between two things
a (miracle, prayer, story)
a moral and spiritual device for sorting us out
an allegorical short story
an allegorical story that illustrates some truth, or religious principle, or moral lesson
an allegory that illustrates a complex point, and that's what The Alchmist does, it illustrates the search for our inner treasure, that which we all seem to look for desperately
an allegory true to human experience, given in a spirit of deep earnestness, and designed by analogy to teach an exalted truth
an analogy- which could even be a fable, just as long as it is used to illustrate the truth
a narrative, brief or extended, true or fictitious, related for the purpose of teaching some moral or spiritual lesson
a narrative of imagined events used to illustrate or convey a moral or spiritual lesson
an earthly comparison to teach a truth about God's new way
an earthly story with a heavenly meaning, and as the Lord told the earthly story about the shepherd finding his lost sheep, and the woman finding her lost coin, He also told the heavenly meaning of that
an earthly story with a spiritual meaning
an illustrated story with a Spiritual application
an illustration that is meant to teach one particular principle
a picturesque figure of language in which an analogy refers to a similar but different reality and in some cases it can refer to a proverb , taunt , allegory and in this instance a story
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson
a short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle
a short, fictitious story usually used to illustrate a moral or religious principle
a short, pithy story with a didactic aim
a short, simple story, usually of an occurrence of a familiar kind, from which a moral or lesson may be drawn
a short story drawn from common life which is intended to convey a moral or religious truth
a short story or a simple simile that contains a symbolic message or moral lesson
a short story or illustration drawn from the physical world to explain spiritual matters
a short story that illustrates a religious, spiritual or ethical situation
a short story to illustrate or make clear a moral or religious truth
a short story weaved around a metaphor
a short story which has an inner meaning easy to understand
a short story, with a setting, plot and characters
a short story with a spiritual meaning
a simple story, but one that is multi-layered, and contains within it some deep truth
a simple story teaching some moral lesson or truth
a story about something that might have happened, and it is told to make a point clear
a story in prose or verse that is told to illustrate a covert religious, moral or philosophical idea
a story meant to entertain
a story or illustration that teaches certain lessons or principles
a story or image that compares spiritual realities with the ordinary things of our experience
a story taken from everyday life, and used to teach a spiritual truth
a story that conveys a moral truth
a story that explains something else to us, usually something about God or the things of God
a story that has an embedded message that you can see if you look into it further
a story that is created specifically to explain something which needs explaining now
a story that is told for the purpose of illustrating a spiritual truth
a story that is told to better understand it
a story that is true to life but is not usually an event that has actually occurred (much like the novels of our day) and may be considered to be an extended simile (see below)
a story that Jesus used to teach an earthly example
a story that reveals truth to one, while veiling truth from another
a story that takes something out of our everyday life, and applies the principles of God's Word to it, to help us to understand them better
a story that teaches a lesson, or moral
a story that teaches us something about God
a story told as if it were true in order to convey a particular truth
a story told as though it were true, leaving the one who hears it to discover its fictitious character and learn its lesson
a story told in a way that draws you yourself into it, even without you knowing it perhaps
a story using common everyday events to explain heavenly truths
a story, usually short, told to illustrate a larger point
a story which uses an example from the natural world to illustrate a spiritual truth
a story whose central point illustrates something
a story with a hidden meaning that goes beyond the story itself
a symbolic story which is used as an aid in teaching
a word-picture designed to illustrate some truth, but is not necessarily a statement of facts
Simile; specifically, a short narrative making a moral or religious point by comparison with natural or homely things
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
A short narrative designed to teach a lesson about life in which the moral isn't directly stated; a form popular during biblical times
short tale that teaches a lesson or illustrates a moral truth ( The Pearl, "The Minister's Black Veil")
A story told to illustrate a greater truth through images related to the daily lives of the hearers. Christ's teaching is filled with parables (see article, "Parables," at Matt. 13; Matt. 13:1-54).
In a Christian context, a story told by Jesus to explain a teaching. Jesus’ parables were not usually allegories, but rather a story drawn from nature or ordinary life to make a religious point. Parables invite reflection as their point can sometimes be misunderstood.
a short fiction that illustrates an explicit moral lesson.
A parable is a comparison drawn from nature or common experience in life designed to illustrate some moral or religious truth. It is a common biblical form in Tanak and in the New Testament (see a more complete description at Literary Forms).
is a brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson. Example: Most people are familiar with the Bible parable, "The Prodigal Son".
from the Greek, "to throw alongside;" an instructive metaphor in narrative form in which the images and/or characters of the story illustrate larger principles or ideas, usually intended to challenge or overturn the traditional perspectives or assumptions of the hearers. Jesus and others like him used parables as a teaching device.
A parable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. It differs from a fable in excluding animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind.