CHESMAYNE
Parable
A short allegorical story, designed to convey some truth or moral lesson.
A discourse or saying conveying the intended meaning by a comparison or
under the likeness of something comparable or analogous - proverb. A metaphor in narrative form, sometimes
considered a simile, with the purpose not so much of imparting propositional
truths or general moral lessons as challenging the perspective of the hearer
ie, the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, the Sower and countless others and
subject to allegorical interpretation. A
straightforward story of events, real, or imaginary. A parable is a narrative
having two levels of meaning. Allegory
is extended metaphor and has a literal as well as a metaphorical level of
meaning. There are many in the Old Testament:
01 Judges
9:8-20 02 2nd Samuel 12:1-14. 14:4-20
03 1st KIs
20:35-42 04 2nd KIs
14:9-11 05 Isaiah 5:1-7
06 Ezekiel 17:1-10. 19:1-9. 23:1-49. 24:1-14.
KI David was
affected by Nathan’s parable (the story referred to himself). Christ used them extensively:
01 Tares 02 Treasure 03 Pearl 04 Dragnet 05 Unmerciful servant 06 Vineyard labourers 07 Two sons
08
Prince’s marriage 09 Ten virgins 10 Talents
11
Secret seed 12 Absent
householder 13 Two debtors 14 Good Samaritan
15
Importunate friend 16 Rich fool 17 Waiting servants 18 Faithful steward 19 Barren fig tree 20 Great supper
21
Tower and war cost 22 Lost coin 23 Prodigal son
24 Unjust
steward 25 Rich man: Lazarus 26 Unprofitable servants 27 Unrighteous judge 28 Pharisee: publican 29 Pounds 30 Rock and sand 31 Leaven and Lump 32 Lost sheep
33 Candle
and bushel 34 New patch 35 New wine
36
Sower 37 Mustard seed
38 Wicked
husbandmen
Fable: a
short story devised to convey some useful lesson or moral (in its modern usage
it is seen as a fiction calculated to deceive).