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# parable

«parable» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#m1)

2) Any simple story used to teach a moral or religious truth can be called a parable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x1)
- In the parable of the lost sheep, the shepherd leaves ninety-nine to find one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x2)
- We acted out the parable of the Good Samaritan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x3)
- The meaning of the parable is that everyone is our neighbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x4)
- Our teacher asked us to write a modern parable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x5)
- The parable of the lost son ends with a big party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x6)
- Read the parable of the intrusted talent! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/7/)
- [Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.783/)
- [And he took up his parable, and said: Alas, who shall live after God hath appointed him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.891/)
- ['Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.377/)
- [Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! they say of me: Is he not a maker of parables?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.505/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «parable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.