in: Matthew 13:10-13, Matthew 13:34-35, Matthew 13:53, Matthew 22:1, Matthew 24:32; Judges 9:8-20; 2 Samuel 12:1-7; Psalms 49:4, Psalms 78:2; Isaiah 5:1-7; Ezekiel 17:2, Ezekiel 20:49, Ezekiel 24:3-14; Micah 2:4; Habakkuk 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 *marg.
parables: A parable, παραβολη: strong:G3850, from παρα: strong:G3844, near, and βαλλω: strong: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: Mark 4:2-9; Luke 8:5-8