Examples of Parables

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Examples of parables

The parables They are short stories that, through symbolism, express a moral teaching. It is a literary form with a didactic objective: it uses analogy or similarity to express its teaching.

The Bible is characterized by its large number of parables, especially in the New Testament, although there are also some in the Old Testament.

There is another literary form that transmits teachings, called a fable. However, the fable is characterized by being carried out by animals with human characteristics (humanization) and is usually directed to children.

See also: Legends

Mustard seed. New Testament. Matthew 13, 31-32.

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. It is certainly smaller than any seed, but when it grows it is larger than the vegetables, and it becomes a tree, to the point that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.

The lost sheep. New Testament. Luke 15, 4-7

What man of you, if he has a hundred sheep and one of them is lost, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one that was lost, until he finds it?

And finding it, he puts it on his shoulders joyfully; And when he gets home, he gathers friends and neighbors, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.

I tell you that in this way there will be more joy in heaven for a sinner who repents than for ninety-nine righteous people who do not need repentance.

The wedding party. New Testament. Matthew 22, 2-14

The kingdom of heaven is like a king who made a wedding feast for his son; and he sent his servants to call the guests to the wedding; but they did not want to come.

He sent other servants again, saying: Tell the guests: Behold, I have prepared my food; my fattened bulls and animals have been slain, and everything is ready; come to the weddings. But they, without paying attention, went, one to his farm, and another to his businesses; and others, taking the servants, insulted them and killed them.

When the king heard it, he was angry; and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

Then he said to his servants: The wedding is indeed ready; but those who were invited were not worthy.

Go, then, to the highways, and call to the wedding as many as you find.

And when the servants went out into the highways, they gathered together all that they found, both good and bad; and the weddings were full of guests.

And the king came in to see the guests, and he saw there a man who was not dressed for a wedding.

And he said to him: Friend, how did you get in here, without being dressed as a wedding? But he was silent.

Then the king said to those who served, "Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Because a lot of people are called, and few selected.

The prodigal son. Luke 15, 11-32

A man had two sons, and the youngest of them said to his father: “Father, give me the part of the property that corresponds to me”; and distributed the goods to them.

And not many days later, putting everything together, the youngest son went away to a remote province; and there he wasted his goods living hopelessly. And when he had wasted everything, a great famine came in that province and he began to suffer need. So he went and approached one of the citizens of that land, who sent him to his farm to feed pigs. And he wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but nobody gave them to him.

And coming to his senses, he said: “How many hired men in my father's house have plenty of bread, and here I am starving! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired hands. "

So he got up and went to his father. And while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with mercy, and he ran, and fell on his neck and kissed him.

And the son said to him: "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son."

But the father said to his servants: “Get out the best clothes and put on him; and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let's eat and celebrate, because this one, my son, was dead and is alive again; it was lost and has been found. " And they began to rejoice.

And his eldest son was in the field, and when he came and came near the house, he heard the music and the dances; and calling one of the servants, he asked him what it was. And the servant said to him: "Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf for having received him safe and sound."

And he was angry, and would not go. So his father came out and begged him to come in.

But he, answering, said to the father: “I have been serving you for so many years, never having disobeyed you, and you have never given me a single kid to rejoice with my friends. But when this one came, your son, who has consumed your goods with prostitutes, you have killed the fattened calf for him. "

He then told him: “Son, you are always with me, and all my things are yours. But it was necessary to celebrate and rejoice, because this, your brother, was dead and has revived; it was lost and has been found. "

Parable of the Sower. New Testament. Mark 4, 26-29

The Kingdom of God is like a man who throws grain on the earth; sleep or get up, night or day, the grain sprouts and grows, without him knowing how. The land bears the fruit by itself; first grass, then ear, then abundant wheat in the ear. And when the fruit admits it, immediately the sickle is put into it, because the harvest has come.