Mat 13:3-4, 18-19, 24-26, 37, Mar 4:2-4, 15, 26-29, Luk 8:11 | TSK | STEP | in. 10-13,34,35,53; 22:1; 24:32; Jud 9:8-20; 2Sa 12:1-7; Ps 49:4; 78:2 Isa 5:1-7; Eze 17:2; 20:49; 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Mr 3:23 Mr 4:2,13,33; 12:1,12; Lu 8:10; 12:41; 15:3-7; Joh 16:25; *marg: parables.A parable, [parabole ,] from [para ,] near, and [ballo definition 906|>,] 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. Mr 4:2-9; Lu 8:5-8

Matthew 13:3-4

in. 10-13,34,35,53; 22:1; 24:32; Jud 9:8-20; 2Sa 12:1-7; Ps 49:4; 78:2 Isa 5:1-7; Eze 17:2; 20:49; 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Mr 3:23 Mr 4:2,13,33; 12:1,12; Lu 8:10; 12:41; 15:3-7; Joh 16:25; *marg: parables.A parable, [parabole ,] from [para ,] near, and [ballo definition 906|>,] 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. Mr 4:2-9; Lu 8:5-8

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