Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Kiana) #1

  1. There are no parables,


as a special form of allegory found in John. The word rendered "parable" in John 10:6 is not the
word so rendered in the Synoptics. The word which John uses (paroimia) is better translated
"allegory." It occurs elsewhere only in John 16:25, 29 and 2 Peter 2:22, where it is rendered
"proverb."



  1. Common to Matthew and Luke.


(1.) The house on the rock and on the sand. Matthew 7:24-27 Luke 6:46-49.


(2.) Leaven 13:33, 34; 13:18-21


(3.) The lost sheep 18:12-14; 15:1-10



  1. Common to Matthew, Mark, and Luke.


(1.) Candle under a bushel Matthew 15:15; Mark 4:21.; Luke 8:16.


(2.) New cloth and an old garment 9:16..; 2:21., 5:36.


(3.) New wine in old bottles 9:17., 2:22., 5:37, 38.


(4.) The sower 13:1-23., 4:1-9., 8:4-15


(5.) The mustard seed 13:31, 32., 4:30, 34., 13:18-20


(6.) The vineyard 21:33-46., 112:1-12,. 20:9-19.


(7.) The fig tree 24:32-35., 13:28., 21:29-33.

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