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Parable (lit., "to cast (lay) alongside") At its simplest, it is an extended metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life used to illustrate a spiritual truth. Its value is in its ability to rouse the mind to active thought by appealing to the familiar. This figure is characteristic of Jesus' method of teaching.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 13:10-23,34-35; Mark 4:33-34; Luke 15:1-32
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
50 indexed verses · Showing 41–50. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Luke 15:23 (KJV)
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke 15:24 (KJV)
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Luke 15:25 (KJV)
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Luke 15:26 (KJV)
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
Luke 15:27 (KJV)
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Luke 15:28 (KJV)
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
Luke 15:29 (KJV)
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Luke 15:30 (KJV)
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Luke 15:31 (KJV)
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
Luke 15:32 (KJV)
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.