error in strong number parsing >,] from
[para <See definition 3844>,] near, and
[ballo <See 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|
