Mat 13:3 | TSK | e4.org | in , , , , ; ; ; , ; ; , , ; ; ; ; , , , , ; , , ; *marg. parables A parable, παραβολη , from παρα , near, and βαλλω , 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 ;

‏ Matthew 13:3

in Matt 13:10-13, Matt 13:34-35, Matt 13:53, Matt 22:1, Matt 24:32; Judg 9:8-20; 2Sam 12:1-7; Ps 49:4, Ps 78:2; Isa 5:1-7; Ezek 17:2, Ezek 20:49, Ezek 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 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 G3850, from παρα G3844, near, and βαλλω 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