parable
part of speech
noun (a parable, parables)
meaning for a pupil
1) A parable is a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially one told by Jesus in the Bible. tree →
2) Any simple story used to teach a moral or religious truth can be called a parable. tree →
sense in the lessons
Famous parables are the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal (lost) Son, the Lost Sheep and the Sower. In RE pupils find the hidden meaning: the lost sheep shows God cares about every single person. Parables use everyday things — seeds, coins, sheep, bread — so listeners can understand. Phrases: tell a parable, the parable of the…, the meaning of the parable.
examples
- Jesus told a parable about a farmer sowing seeds. tree →
- In the parable of the lost sheep, the shepherd leaves ninety-nine to find one. tree →
- We acted out the parable of the Good Samaritan. tree →
- The meaning of the parable is that everyone is our neighbour. tree →
- Our teacher asked us to write a modern parable. tree →
- The parable of the lost son ends with a big party. tree →
- Read the parable of the intrusted talent! tree →
note
Countable. Similar words: a fable (often with talking animals, like Aesop's fables) and an allegory (a longer story where everything stands for something). Parables usually have people, not talking animals.
In the corpora
- In the Parable of the Sower seed fell on the path, on rocky ground, among thorns and on good soil.
- Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established!
- And he took up his parable, and said: Alas, who shall live after God hath appointed him?
- 'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,
- Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! they say of me: Is he not a maker of parables?'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «parable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.