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1The Parable of the Old Man and the Young — is a poem by Wilfred Owen which compares the ascent of Abraham to Mount Moriah and his near sacrifice of Isaac there with the start of The Great War.In the poem, Abram takes Isaac, his first born son, with him to make an offering mdash; the… …
2The Parable of the Solar System Model — This apocryphal story relates to Isaac Newton s supposed belief in design. Newton, a man of his time, engaged with friends in frequent discussions on the subject of God and design. An atheist friend disputed the evidence of design in reality. The …
3PARABLE — PARABLE, from the Greek παραβολὴ (lit. juxtaposition ), the usual Septuagint rendering of Hebrew mashal ( comparison, saying, and derived meanings ). No distinction is made in biblical usage between parable, allegory, and fable; all are forms of… …
4Parable 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… …
5Parable 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] .… …
6Parable 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;… …
7Parable 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… …
8Parable 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… …
9Parable of the Leaven — The Parable of the Leaven was given by Jesus in the New Testament (Matthew and Luke). It consists of essentially a single sentence, and immediately follows The Parable of the Mustard Seed in both Matthew and Luke :bibleref|Matthew|13:33|130 He… …
10Parable 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 …
