Classic definition of a parable (by C. H. Dodd): "At its simplest a parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in suffcient doubt about its application to tease it into active thought" (C. H. Dodd, The Parables of the Kingdom, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961, p. 5).
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Links to my homilies/commentaries on Parables
1) Parable of "Lost and Found" (Luke 15:1-32)
2) Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)
3) Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15)
4) Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16)
5) Parable of the Wily Steward (Luke 16)
6) Parable of the Fig Tree (Luke 13)
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