Parable Quotes

“Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.”

“Each parable makes one point per main character.”

“The final authority for evaluating a parable is the parable itself.”

“The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”

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“The soul speaks to itself in parables. Like those dreams that have pleased us.”

“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this.”

“A parable is a form of communication, a dialogue between a narrator and listener”

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“Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day or the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”

“The Parable of the Trees by Jotahm delivered to the king and people from Mount Gerizim; he then fled for his life.”

“A parable is a form of teaching in which one thing is thrown beside another. Hence its radical idea is comparison.”

“And while they went to buy, the Bridgroom came; and they were ready went in with him to the marriage; and door was shut.”

“The rhetorical power of the narratives is obviously lost by means of propositional paraphrase, as is a portion of their meaning.”

“To paraphrase: Everything happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.”

“Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, I know you not.”

“Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.”

“Five were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. But the wise took all the oil with them.”

“All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.”

“The parables of Jesus in the Gospels are considered the single most important source for discovering how Jesus himself taught and proclaimed his message.”