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  • 21parable —   Nane, ōlelo nane.    ♦ To illustrate with parable, ho opilipili ōlelo …

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  • 22parable — [14] The etymological idea underlying parable is of ‘drawing analogies’. It comes via Old French parabole and Latin parabola from Greek parabolé, a derivative of parabállein. This was a compound verb formed from pará ‘beside’ and bállein ‘throw’… …

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  • 23Parable of the Talents — The Parable of the Talents (sometimes just the Parable of Talents) is a parable of Jesus in . It was told to illustrate an aspect of the nature of the Kingdom of Heaven. Christians have taken it to mean that diligence in carrying out one s… …

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  • 24Parable of the Ten Virgins — The Parable of the Ten Virgins , or the Wise and Foolish Virgins, is a parable told by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew (Matthew [http://www.biblija.net/biblija.cgi?m=Mt+25 id7=1 pos=0 set=17 l=en2 25:1 13] ) [The Holy Bible, King James Version] .… …

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  • 25Parable of the Sower — The Parable of the Sower is a parable of Jesus according to all of the Synoptic Gospels (at [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%204:1 20; version=31; Mark 4:1 20] , [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013:1 23;… …

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  • 26Parable of the Tares — Jesus tells the Parable of the Tares in the Gospel of Matthew and in the noncanonical Gospel of Thomas. It refers to the coming of the Son of Man, when angels will separate the evil ones ( tares or weeds) from the worthy (the wheat), and the evil …

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  • 27Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen — The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen is a parable of Jesus recounted in the Gospels of Luke, [] and Thomas. [ [http://www.webcom.com/gnosis/naghamm/gosthom.html saying 65 66] ] Thomas, as usual, provides no narrative context, but the Synoptic… …

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  • 28Parable of the great banquet — Jan Luyken: the invitation, Bowyer Bible …

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  • 29Parable of the Good Samaritan — The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a New Testament parable appearing only in the Gospel of Luke . [. The stricken figure in the parable represents all those who are spiritually sick, such as the gentiles and the sinners. That it was a priest… …

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  • 30Parable of the empty jar — The parable of the empty jar, also known as the parable of the woman with a jar is a parable attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas. [http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gthlamb.html G. Thomas 97] AuthenticityThe scholars of the Jesus Seminar gave …

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