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Many people have heard the parable of The Prodigal Son.parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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The parable of The Good Samaritan was told to teach that compassion should be for all people, and that fulfilling the spirit of religious law is more important than fulfilling the letter of religious law. (source)
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My father mopped his brow again and launched into the parable of the one mustard seed falling on a barren place, and the other one on good soil. (source)
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Mamaw often told a parable: A young man was sitting at home when a terrible rainstorm began.† (source)
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Such messengers are known to speak in torturous parables and to take many forms: burning thulks or stones that can speak, or walking flowers, or bird-headed creatures with human bodies.† (source)parables = short stories told to teach moral lessons
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When I chuckled at the older woman's invocation of the parable, she laughed, too.† (source)parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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Today she chose the parable of the Good Samaritan.† (source)parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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"It is similar to telling parables, but in the white man's language," I concluded.† (source)parables = short stories told to teach moral lessons
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Sophie knew the parable of how Jesus turned water into wine, but she had never taken it literally.† (source)parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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You want parables and proverbs, go to church.† (source)parables = short stories told to teach moral lessons
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The Gospel of John forewarns: 'I will speak to you in parable ...and use dark sayings.'† (source)parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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He spoke in Asiatic parables that could not always be understood.† (source)parables = short stories told to teach moral lessons
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The expulsion from Eden to the bitter lands to the east is a parable for the massive deportation of Israelites to Assyria following Sargon il's victory.† (source)parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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The Confucian parables warn of it.† (source)parables = short stories told to teach moral lessons
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The basic lesson of the parable for me is that if God gave us specific talents (abilities), He wants us to maximize our talents and not bury or waste them.† (source)parable = a short story told to teach a moral lesson
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He was known for anecdotes, and parables from Syria, quotations from the Qur'an, stories from his travels around the world.† (source)parables = short stories told to teach moral lessons
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