| parables definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | simple stories that contain the message or truth | 5 sets |
| 2 | what jesus's stories were typically presented as, in which earthly situations familiar to people of his time and place were used to make a spiritual point | 4 sets |
| 3 | short stories with simple moral lessons | 3 sets |
| 4 | metaphors and similes drawn from common life experiences or nature to illustrate moral or spiritual truths | 2 sets |
| 5 | teaching stories that jesus told | 2 sets |
| 6 | expresses spitual ideas from every day life | 2 sets |
| 7 | a short narrative that teaches a moral, or lesson about life | 2 sets |
| 8 | simple stories that contain a message of truth; some of the stories (1) taught the value of seeking the right path in life; (2) the greatness of god's love for all people and (3) the importance of loving other people. | 1 set |
| 9 | riddles, proverbs, contrast, somparison | 1 set |
| 10 | told story- chr | 1 set |
| 11 | storys (that jesus told) to explain a bigger meaning | 1 set |
| 12 | stories that jesus used to cast important moral lessons within the language and circumstances familiar to the common people | 1 set |
| 13 | religious stories that communicate values. | 1 set |
| 14 | metaphors or similes drawn from common life experiences to illustrate moral or spiritual truths | 1 set |
| 15 | metaphors or similes drawn from common life experiencesor nature to illustrate moral of spiritual truths | 1 set |
| 16 | n, a short allegorical story designed to teach some truth or moral lesson. | 1 set |
| 17 | stories that jesus told to help people understand and live what he was teaching | 1 set |
| 18 | stories that teach religious lessons | 1 set |
| 19 | stories with a moral | 1 set |
| 20 | stories | 1 set |
| 21 | simple stories suggesting the truth through surprises | 1 set |
| 22 | to help ppl understande his teachings, jesus told them in the form of stories, called | 1 set |
| 23 | stories used to teach or enforce a truth | 1 set |
| 24 | the stories jesus told to explain the kingdom of god | 1 set |
| 25 | religious stories | 1 set |
| 26 | metaphors or similes drawn from common life experiences or nature to illustrate moral or spiritual truths | 1 set |
| 27 | a greek word meaning comparison. uses a simile | 1 set |
| 28 | vivid stories used by jesus to teach religious truths | 1 set |
| 29 | teach lessons | 1 set |
| 30 | to place beside | 1 set |
| 31 | stories that teach lessions about how people should live. jesus said god would forgive sinners if they turned away from sin. | 1 set |
| 32 | a short that teactes a lesson about a moral dilemma | 1 set |
| 33 | simple stories that are meant to teach a lesson | 1 set |
| 34 | a short narrative that teaches a moral or lesson about life | 1 set |
| 35 | short stories which jesus told in order to preach his deciples | 1 set |
| 36 | stories with meanings | 1 set |
| 37 | stories jesus used about nature and everyday life to describe the kingdom of god | 1 set |
| 38 | an earthly story with a heavenly meaning used by jesus | 1 set |
| 39 | he taught using a story with deeper meaning | 1 set |
| 40 | literal story/symbolic | 1 set |