in: Mat 13:10-13, Mat 13:34, Mat 13:35, Mat 13:53, Mat 22:1, Mat 24:32, Jdg 9:8-20, 2Sa 12:1-7, Psa 49:4, Psa 78:2, Isa 5:1-7, Eze 17:2, Eze 20:49, Eze 24:3-14, Mic 2:4, Hab 2:6, Mar 3:23, Mar 4:2, Mar 4:13, Mar 4:33, Mar 12:1, Mar 12:12, Luk 8:10, Luk 12:41, Luk 15:3-7, Joh 16:25, *marg. parables: A parable, παραβολη [Strong's G3850], from παρα [Strong's G3844], near, and βαλλω [Strong's G906], 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: Mar 4:2-9, Luk 8:5-8 Reciprocal: Isa 61:11 - as the earth Mar 4:26 - as 1Co 3:9 - ye are God's