Parable

“Each parable makes one point per main character.”

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

“The fact that religions through the ages have spoken in images, parables, and paradoxes means simply that there are no other ways of grasping the reality to which they refer. But that does not mean that it is not a genuine reality. And splitting this reality into an objective and a subjective side won't get us very far.”

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

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

“A man once said: Why such reluctance? If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that rid of all your daily cares. The first said: No, in reality: in parable you have lost.”

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

“A parable is a form of writing that tells a story about common everyday things within the range of every individual's experience, and at the same time draws a subtle analogy between the ordinary facts of the story and the deeper meaning which lies parallel to the facts. Literally, the word parable means, "a comparison.”

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