Mat 13:3

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Matt 13:10-13; Matt 13:34; Matt 13:35; Matt 13:53; Matt 22:1; Matt 24:32; Judg 9:8-20; 2Sam 12:1-7; Ps 49:4; Ps 78:2

Isa 5:1-7; Ezek 17:2; Ezek 20:49; Ezek 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Mark 3:23

Mark 4:2; Mark 4:13; Mark 4:33; Mark 12:1; Mark 12:12; Luke 8:10; Luke 12:41; Luke 15:3-7; John 16:25

parables.

A parable, [parabole ,] from [para ,] near, and [ballo ,] I cast, or put, has been justly defined to be a comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with another, especially spiritual things with natural, by which means those spiritual things are better understood, and make a deeper impression on a honest and attentive mind.

In a parable, a resemblance in the principal incidents is all that is required; smaller matters being considered as a sort of drapery. Maimonides, in Moreh Nevochim, gives an excellent rule on this head: "Fix it as a principle to attach yourself to the grand object of the parable, without attempting to make a particular application of all the circumstances and terms which it comprehends." a sower.

Mark 4:2-9; Luke 8:5-8